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MANUAL 

OF 

VETERINARY SPECIFIC 
HOMOEOPATHY, 

COMPRISING DISEASES OF 

HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, HOGS, AND DOGS, 

AND THEIR 

j%ccifk !)0wccopibit iSrmtmxnt. 

CY 

F.' HUMPHREYS, M.D., 

Late Professor of Institutes of Homoeopathy, Pathology, and Medical Practice in the 
Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia ; Author of 
Dysentery audits Homceopathic Treatment ; Cholera and its Homce- 
opathic Treatment ; Diseases of the Sexual System; and P rover 
of .Ipis Millifica, Plantago Magor, etc., etc. 

562 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK. 



NW.T'OBI: 

JOHN A. GRAY, PRINTER, 16 & IS JACOB STREET. _- 



Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year I860, by 

F. HUMPHREYS, M.D., 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the TTnited States for the 
Southern District of New-York. 



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P E B F AC E. 



The world owes much to Homoeopathy — more, probably, 
than has ever been told, or will ever be known. It is some- 
thing to be emancipated from drugs, from lancets, leeches, 
blisters and poisons ; but it is more, to be relieved from the 
fear of them, and to be restored and preserved by forces 
mild as love, and gentle as the dews of heaven — forces un- 
known and unrevealed, until elicited by the genius of this 
system. 

But these benefits are not confined to the human species. 
Animals may enjoy them as well ; and heaven knows how 
much they need. them. For to them the day of sickness is 
not merely the day of doom, but of suffering and of torture 
as well. Ignorance and cruelty seem to have controlled this 
branch of medicine — not that men are of necessity careless 
in regard to the lives of their animals, or designedly cruel 
as to the measures used to restore them when sick ; but so 
little real knowledge prevails concerning their diseases, and 



IV PREFACE, 

so much error as to the proper methods of cure, that fatality 
and the most absurd and cruel measures almost of necessity 
prevail. Some judicious stock-owners, taught by expe- 
rience the fatality of the common methods of treatment, 
notwithstanding the torture and expense, have more hu- 
manely, if not more wisely, abandoned all treatment, pre- 
ferring to let nature contend with disease alone, rather than 
with disease and drugs united. But, thanks to Homoeo- 
pathy, there is a better way. 

For many years past, Homoeopathy has been applied to 
the diseases of all domestic animals in Europe, with the 
most brilliant success. In this country, and the British 
Isles, within the last few years, not only have individual 
practitioners applied its remedies with equal success, but 
some large veterinary institutions, and most of our principal 
traveling equestrian troops and menageries, employ it ex- 
clusively in all diseases of their horses, experience having 
shown them its great value and curative power, and its 
immense superiority over every other method. But the 
inherent intricacies of the system rendered its general intro- 
duction for the cure of animals impossible ; and though, in 
the hands of some practitioners and some veterinary sur- 
geons, it worked wonders enough to show its astonishing 
capacities, yet to the masses it has remained a sealed book. 



PREFACE. V 

The principle of Specific Homoeopathy, which has proved 
so efficient in popular use, we have now applied to the dis- 
eases of domestic animals, and, from numerous trials, have 
proved it an entire success. With this Case and Manual 
every owner of stock may know every ailment among them, 
and can treat it successfully. 

Not among the least benefits conferred by this new me- 
thod is the ease and simplicity with which the proper me- 
dicine is administered. No tying, bottling, struggling, or 
choking are necessary. A neat little glass instrument (the 
Medicator) is put into the medicine, and takes up the requi- 
site dose — a few drops — and, at the proper moment, is placed 
in the mouth of the animal and discharged ; in an instant 
the dose is given, and an amount of labor is thus saved to 
the owner, and of suffering to the animal, which is by no 
means trivial. Hundreds of animals annually die, or are 
rendered valueless from disease and drugging, that may 
be saved and promptly restored by the use of the Case of 
Veterinary Specifics. Several of our most experienced 
horsemen have given it their unqualified commendation, 
and use it daily in their establishments. 

In the execution of this design we have consulted every 
authority and drawn upon every resource within our reach, 
and the experience of each has been made to contribute to 



VI PREFACE. 

the perfection of the whole, and all has been combined and 
compared with our now nearly twenty years of observation, 
study, and experience in the practice of Homoeopathy. We 
flatter ourselves that for simplicity, completeness, and relia- 
bility it will commend itself to the judgment of a discerning 
public. 

562 Broadway, JS r ew -York, May 18, 1860. 



INTRODUCTION". 



Proper and enlightened attention to the wants 
of Domestic Animals, is not only a sentiment of hu- 
manity, but a dictate of economy. To know at 
least in good part what is the particular ailment of 
an animal, and to know also how to relieve it, would 
seem to be a necessary obligation of ownership. 
The least we can return to the many faithful animals 
given us, is to provide for their reasonable wants, 
not only in health, but also in sickness and disease. 
ISTot that every man who owns a horse, should be 
necessarily a veterinary surgeon ; and yet the way 
is so simple that any intelligent person may readily 
cure a very large proportion, nay, almost every dis- 
ease to which his animals are exposed, and yet be- 
stow upon the subject only a moiety of attention. 

Among the many blessings that Homoeopathy has 
conferred upon the world, not among the least is 
the immense improvement which it has effected in 
the treatment of the diseases of Domestic Animals. 
With but little variation, to meet their peculiar 



IV INTRODUCTION. 

habits and susceptibilities, the same remedies which 
have been so efficient in mitigating and curing the 
diseases of men, women, and children, have been 
found equally successful in arresting the diseases 
to which all classes of Domestic Animals are liable. 
The contrast is even greater. Probably from the 
fact that the treatment of sick animals has been but 
little understood, and intrusted to the hands mainly 
of ignorant persons, who have pursued the most 
crude, cruel, and destructive measures, often far 
more dangerous and life-destroying than the disease 
itself, a large proportion of the sick have died or 
been tortured to death. But when the same diseases 
are subjected to the mild and benign influence of 
intelligent Homoeopathic treatment, it is found that 
almost every disease among them is within its con- 
trol, leven the most fatal yielding to its magic in- 
fluences. 

Although at first sight it may seem strange, that 
animals should be successfully treated by the mild 
and apparently insignificant doses of Homoeopathy, 
yet a moment's reflection will suffice to give many 
reasons why this should be so. Even were it not 
susceptible of explanation, experience has abund- 
antly demonstrated the fact, that animals are, if pos- 
sible, even more susceptible to Homoeopathic treat- 
ment than men, and its success in their case is even 
more striking and brilliant. 

This may be, perhaps, attributed to their more 
regular habits, confinement to the same food and 
drink, absence of excitement, and freedom from the 



INTRODUCTION. V 

many articles of food and drink in use among the 
human species, which are all more or less medicinal. 

Owing to these circumstances, animals are very 
impressible, and the doses for them need not be 
much larger than for the human species. It seems 
to be a law of nature, that the more delicate the or- 
ganism, the more subject to disease. Wild animals 
are almost entirely exempt, while the highly artificial 
lives of some Domestic Animals render them subject 
to numerous ailments and to some very formidable 
diseases. Yet, as a whole, animals are far less sub- 
ject to disease than men, and far more amenable to 
cure. 

The treatment of Domestic Animals with Specific 
Homoeopathic Remedies, has numerous advantages. 
The medicines are given at once and without trouble 
or annoyance, even without taking a horse from his 
teaui, or a cow from her stall. They produce no 
poisonous or prostrating effect, so that the animal 
rallies at once, and without loss or deterioration of 
value. Animals recover much sooner, and hence 
are able to resume work much earlier after sickness, 
than under any other system. But more than all, 
it is far more successful. Slighter diseases yield at 
once, and often from a single dose, while the most 
formidable cases of Pleuro-Pneumonia, or Founder, 
in horses, and Lung Murrain and Milk-Fever, in cows, 
cases that are almost absolutely incurable under the 
old treatment, even when well conducted, promptly 
respond to the curative influence of Specific Homoe- 
opathic Remedies, while it is well known that even 
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VI INTRODUCTION. 

when animals recover under the old system, such 
have been the ravages of disease and medicine, that 
their value and usefulness are generally destroyed. 



List of Specifics and Eemedies 

MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME, 



AND THE RANGE OF ACTION ADAPTED TO 
EACH. 



A A. For Fevers ; Inflammations, and Congestions 
of all kinds ; Inflammation of the Lungs, Pleura 
or Chest, Brain, Eyes, Throat, Liver, or Belly ; 
Quinsy or Sore Throat ; Congestion to the 
Head ; Staggers ; Convulsions ; Evil Results of 
Fright or Fear. All diseases attended with 
heat, hot skin, quick pulse, great excitement, 
or pain. 

B B. For all affections of the Tendons, Ligaments, 
and Joints ; Spavin ; Founder ; Strains ; Inju- 
ries ; Curb ; Splint ; Stifle ; Rheumatism ; Re- 
sults of Excessive Work or Fatigue. 

C 0. For Distemper ; Farcy ; Glanders ; Nasal 
Gleet ; Strangles ; Nasal Discharges ; Swelled 
Glands ; Scab and Rot in Sheep. 



INTRODUCTION. V1L 

D D. For Worms ; Bots or Grubs ; Long, Round, 
Pin, or Tape Worms ; Colic, Marasmus, or other 
disease from Worms. 
E E. For all Diseases of the Air Passages ; Coughs ; 
Influenza ; Heaves ; Broken Wind ; Whistles ; 
Thick Wind ; Inflamed Lungs ; Labored, Dif- 
ficult Breathing. 
F F. For Colic ; Gripes ; Belly Ache ; Hoven or 
Wind Blown ; Diarrhea or Dysentery ; Liquid 
or Bloody Discharges ; Fall Murrain. 
G G. For Miscarriage ; Abortion ; Slinking ; Re- 
tained Placenta, or Imperfect Cleansing ; He- 
morrhage ; etc. 
H H. For all Urinary or Kidney Diseases; Inflamed 
Kidney, or Bladder, or Urethra ; Scanty, Pain- 
ful, Diflicult, Suppressed, or Bloody Urination. 
1 1. For Eruptions and Cutaneous Diseases ; Mange ; 
Farcy ; Grease ; Thrush ; Abscess ; Ulcers ; 
Fistula ; Swellings ; Erysipelas ; Unhealthy 
Skin ; Rough Coat. 
J J. For Indigestion ; Constipation ; Evil Effects of 
Over-Feeding ; Jaundice or Yellows ; Ill-Con- 
dition ; Staring Coat ; Paralysis ; Stomach 
Staggers. 
In addition to the foregoing Specifics, which are 
all given internally, the following remedies and pre- 
parations are also employed externally as washes 
or applications, at the same time that the Specific 
remedy is also internally employed. 



Vlll INTRODUCTION. I 

1. Pond's Extract of Hamamelis. 
This is a most invaluable application for Burns, 
Cuts. Bruises, Soreness, Lameness, Sprains, Saddle or 
Harness Galls, Boils, Ulcers, Old Sores, and Wounds. 
It is given to relieve local inflammation or arrest all 
soreness or hemorrhage. It is similar in its action 
to Arnica, but far more prompt and efficient. It 
may be applied in full strength. 

2. Arnica Montana. 
This medicine is used as a lotion for all kinds of 
injuries, Bruises, Concussions, or Strains. The tinc- 
ture is prepared by adding a pint of alcohol to two 
ounces of the dried flowers. The lotion is then pre- 
pared by adding a tablespoonful to a pint of water. 

3. Calendula Officinalis 
Is used in case of lacerations, and in all flesh 
wounds, as well as old ulcers, or when there is 
sloughing or considerable loss of substance. The 
lotion is made by adding a tablespoonful of the 
tincture to a pint of water. The Calendula (com- 
mon Marigold) is a common and pretty flower, 
readily grown in gardens or plats. The plant taken 
during flowering and cut up and covered with alco- 
hol, forms the mother tincture. 

4. Sulphur Ointment 
Is readily prepared by rubbing intimately in a 
mortar one ounce of flour of sulphur with two 
ounces of lard. It is used in Mange and some other 
forms of eruption. 



INTRODUCTION. IX 

5. Arsenical Lotion 
Is sometimes used in cases of Mange, Cracked 
Heels, Grease, etc. It is prepared by boiling four 
grains of white arsenic, arsenious acid, in one pint 
of distilled water. 

6. Bran Poultice. 
Pour hot water over bran, and permit it to stand 
until about milk-warm, and then apply it. 

7. Turnip or Carrot Poultice. 
Boil these vegetables until quite soft, then mash 
and apply them quite warm. 



Form of Homoeopathic Medicines. 
Three forms are principally in use, namely, tinc- 
tures, dilutions, powders, and medicated pellets. 
Each have their advantages and objections, but after 
a pretty extensive experience and ample survey of 
the entire ground, we prefer for animals the tinc- 
tures. The dose is rather more positive, and they 
meet on the whole every reasonable requirement. 

Doses. How Much? 
It is an error to suppose that animals require very 
large doses of Specific Medicines, for experience 
has shown them to be very impressible, easily influ- 
enced by appropriate medicine, and in general, not 
to require as frequent repetitions as the human sub- 
ject. Accustomed to give large and powerful doses 
of poisonous medicines in order to produce some 
revulsive effect, such as a cathartic or sudorific, or 



Xll INTRODUCTION. 

stituted that two Specifics are indicated at the same 
time, one to meet one phase of the disease, and a 
different specific to meet another. In all such cases 
the two medicines may be given alternately with 
great propriety and advantage. Thus, give a dose 
of one Specific, and then, after the proper interval 
has elapsed, give the other one, and thus continue 
the two alternately, at such intervals as the exigen- 
cies of the case demand. Nor should we be deterred 
from the use of a specific in a particular case, be_ 
cause the name given it indicates a different use, for 
a medicine may be curative or specific for a parti- 
cular disease, and equally so for a very different or 
even seemingly opposite one. Colic and Scarlet 
Fever are very different diseases, yet Belladonna 
frequently cures both. 

How to choose the Remedy. 
In the use of the Specifics nothing can well be 
more simple than this, while in attempting to use 
the ordinary Homoeopathic preparations it is very 
difficult and intricate. From an examination of the 
animal you will have some idea of the nature of its 
disease, and will at once turn to the page in the 
Manual describing that and similar diseases, and 
continue the search until the true description is 
found, and the proper treatment will be pointed 
out. It is not necessary that all the symptoms 
given in the description should be present in each 
case, it will be sufficient if a general outline of them 
are present, and the Specific will in all cases be 



INTRODUCTION. Xlll 

found to have a much wider range of action than 
to the single disease or symptoms required. 

In case a wrong medicine is selected or given, 
no injury will be done, only a possible loss of time 
may result. And when a sufficient length of time 
has passed to clearly show that no good has resulted, 
the case should be looked over again, and a more 
appropriate Specific given. 

How to give the Remedy. 
Not among the least recommendations for the 
use of these Specifics, is the ease and facility -with 
which they may be administered. No tying, strug- 
gling, or choking are necessary. The animal should be 
approached quietly, and the medicine placed, if pos- 
sible, upon the tongue, well back — thence it is ab- 
sorbed, and acts through the medium of the nervous 
system. The simplest method of doing this is the 
best. For this purpose we prefer the use of the 
Medicator — a small glass instrument invented by us. 
It is about five inches in length, made of firm, heavy 
glass tubing, the lower third bent so as to enter the 
mouth with facility, and terminating in a fine orifice. 
The upper end funnel-shaped the size of the end of 
the finger, and covered with an air-tight rubber-cap, 
so as to form an exhausted receiver. The Medi- 
cator, taken in the right hand, with the fore-finger 
upon the top, is introduced into the proper vial, 
and pressing slightly upon the valve, the air is ex- 
hausted, and the fluid is forced up into the tube suf- 
ficient for a dose. A little experience will enable 
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XIV INTRODUCTION. 

us to take up five, six or more drops, as may be 
required. The Medicator thus charged with the 
dose, can, at the convenient moment, be inserted 
in the animal's mouth, the farther back upon the 
tongue the better, when a slight pressure upon the 
top of the tube injects the contents, and the medi- 
cine is given. 

In other cases the tongue may be gently hooked 
out of the mouth with the ringer, and the medicine 
may be dropped or turned upon it. Horses are 
fond of sugar, and the medicine may be dropped 
upon a small lump, and fed from the hand. After 
a few times they will call for their sugar, when the 
owner comes into the stable, at the proper time. 
With cattle or sheep, raise the head a little, and in- 
ject the medicine with the Medicator, or pull the 
tongue out on one side, and drop the medicine upon 
it. When quite a number of animals are to receive 
the same medicine, it is better to drop out the quan- 
tity for all in a proper bowl or other vessel, and add 
a spoonful of water for each dose to the medicine. 
Then stir well the entire mass, and give a spoonful, 
or other proportionate quantity, to each. Hogs 
usually, when sick, lie quietly upon the side, and 
the medicine may hence be injected into the mouth 
with the Medicator, or it may be given in a spoon- 
ful of sweet milk, poured in between the jaws, or it 
may be given them to drink. Care must be taken 
in giving fluid to hogs, not to forcibly raise the head, 
as they are thus easily strangled — even to death. 
Dogs may have the medicine in a little sweet milk, 



INTRODUCTION. XV 

or it may be even turned in through the nose. Yet 
the Medicator is an improvement upon all these 
plans, as it takes up and discharges the proper dose 
at once. 

Housing and Care of Sick Animals. 
When an animal shows signs of illness, it should 
be immediately cared for. The horse, unless in 
cases of Colic, or other slight ailment, when the 
medicine may be given at once, and his work con- 
tinued, should be placed in a roomy, convenient, 
and warm stall, well littered, with plenty of dry 
bedding, and well blanketed, unless in very warm 
weather. Cattle, sheep, and hogs, as soon as it is 
noticed that they are sick, should be separated from 
the herd or flock, and placed in comfortable and 
well-littered and esj)ecially dry apartments. This is 
necessary not only to prevent disease spreading to 
other stock on the farm, but for the convenience of 
nursing them, giving them medicines, but also to 
place them in the very best position for a cure. 
Often a little timely care and nursing will save and 
restore an animal, which, if permitted to run with 
the stock, and take its chance, would unquestionably 
be lost. A sick animal as truly needs attention as a 
sick child. Not always will mere nursing restore a 
sick animal, but it always places it in the best pos- 
sible condition to effect a cure, and without it the 
best medical treatment will often be fruitless. 

Diet of Sick Animals. 
In general, when animals are seriously ill, they 
are without appetite, and will take little or no food — 



XVI INTRODUCTION. 

nature thus indicating the propriety of abstinence. 
But in all cases the food given or allowed should be 
quite limited in quantity — one half, one third or 
fourth of the usual quantity allowed, and only that 
which is nourishing, easily digested, and generally 
relaxing. With these general restrictions, the usual 
kinds of food may be permitted, except in case of 
dogs, where only stale bread and milk should be 
allowed in urgent cases, and but little or no meat, 
and no salted or spiced food in any case. After the 
more urgent symptoms of disease have passed over, 
and the animal is recovering, we should be careful 
and not give full feed, as a relapse may thus easily 
be provoked, and prove very stubborn and dan- 
gerous. 

At least half an hour or hour should intervene 
after taking a dose of medicine, before the animal 
should be fed, as the system is more susceptible 
then than at any other time. 

All nostrums, domestic medicines, or herb-teas, 
however harmless or beneficial otherwise, are 
strictly prohibited, as the Specific Medicine must 
be permitted to act upon the system entirely undis- 
turbed by any such prejudicial influences. 

Injections of water, soap and water, or salt and 
water, are always allowable, and may often be used 
with great benefit. They are usually administered 
without difficulty, in no case injurious, and should 
one fail to produce an evacuation, another or more 
may be repeated, until the result is accomplished. 



INTRODUCTION. XV11 

How to Feel the Pulse. 

This is best done by placing the finger on the 
artery, where it passes over the lower jaw, about 
four inches below its angle. Place the fore-finger 
on the side of the lower jaw at its angle, and trace 
the jaw along gently towards the mouth. Some 
four inches below the angle a notch will be found, in 
which the artery passes over the jaw, and the throb- 
bing of the pulse will be readily felt. 

The pulse makes in the healthy horse from thirty- 
six to forty-two beats per minute ; in spirited lighter 
horses the latter, and in heavy older horses the 
former. When the pulse reaches fifty to fifty-five, 
there is some degree of fever. Seventy-five will 
indicate a dangerous condition, and few horses will 
long survive a pulse of one hundred. Care should 
be taken not to excite a horse before or while exam- 
ining the pulse, as it may thus readily be increased 
ten or fifteen beats to the minute, and mislead as 
to the true condition. 

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PART I . 

DISEASES OF HORSES. 



CHAPTER I. 

DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND SUBJACENT 
TISSUE. 

Abscess, Ulcers. 

An abscess is a collection of matter. Any tumor 
softening, or in other words, coming to a head, 
forms an abscess. They are usually the result of 
injuries, such as a blow or contusion, or may be oc- 
casioned by a thorn, nail or splinter entering the 
flesh. In the more severe cases these act in con- 
nection with a constitutional predisposition or pecu- 
liar state of the blood. 

Symptoms. — A hot, painful swelling ; in the ear- 
lier stage hard, and by degrees softening or fluctu- 
ating in the centre, and gradually approaching the 
surface attended with more or less heat and fever, 
according to its situation and nature. 

Abscesses which penetrate deeply along the 
sheaths of muscles and tendons, or even to the 
bones, are termed fistulas. Shallow abscesses are 
known as ulcers, and these may be mild, readily 



20 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

healing, and secreting a healthy, thick, cream-like 
pus ; or ill-conditioned, unhealthy, secreting a thin 
sanions discolored matter, and healing with great 
difficulty. Such are the general characteristics of 
all abscesses, wherever located, and their situation 
and extent mark their relative importance and 
danger. 

Treatment. — During the inflammatory stage, or 
before softening, while there is merely a hard, more 
or less hot and painful tumor, we should endeavor 
to disperse it without its softening. To this end, 
give three or four times per day, five drogs of the 
Specific A A, for Inflammation, and also bathe 
the tumor as often with Pond's Extract, which will 
frequently disperse it without softening. 

But if the swelling increases and fluctuates, or a 
yellowish spot is observed in its center, denoting 
the presence of matter, it should be lanced at once, 
in the most depending portion, and the matter 
drawn off, and five drops of the Specific I I, for 
Ulcers, be given morning and night to facilitate the 
healing. If the part is so situated that a compress, 
wet with Pond's Extract or Calendula Lotion, can be 
applied or bound on it, it will facilitate the healing. 

The treatment of ulcers is the same. 

Abscess of the Poll, Poll Evil, 
Is often from neglect a very formidable disease. It 
is generally the result of severe injury upon the top 
of the head, such as the chafing of the bridle or 
halter, pressure or a blow against the manger or 
stall, or frequent hanging back against the head- 
stall. 
Symptoms. — At first a tumor forms at the poll or 



ALLOPECIA, OR FALLING OFF OF THE HAIR. 21 

junction of the head and neck. It soon becomes 
hot, tense and painful ; the horse carries his head 
low ; looks to one side ; eats but little from the 
pain of chewing, especially if the food be hard. If 
the tumor is not dispersed, it comes to a head, either 
discharges externally, or the matter failing to come 
to the surface, sinks downward, burrowing along 
beneath the surface among tendons, ligaments, and 
bones, forming deep and obstinate fistulous ulcers. 

Treatment. — Before the tumor has softened, give 
the Specific A A, for Inflammation, five drops 
three times per day ; keep the horse on low diet, 
and bathe the swelling frequently with Pond's Ex- 
tract or the Arnica Lotion. This course will usually 
disperse the swelling, or should it fail to do so, will 
limit it to the smallest possible extent. 

If the tumor has come to a head, is soft or fluctu- 
ating, lance it at once, evacuate the contents, and 
give five drops of the Specific I I, for Ulcers, 
morning and night, bathing the ulcer with Extract 
or the Calendula Lotion from time to time, to 
facilitate its healing. If already discharging, pro- 
ceed as after having opened it. 

Allopecia, or Falling off of the Hair. 
Sometimes in animals the hair falls off either in 
patches or generally. If it is attended with itching 
and irritation, consult # what is said under the head 
of Mange, but in most cases the disease may be 
arrested, and the hair restored, by giving a dose of 
five drops of the Specific I I, for Eruptions, each 



22 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOM(EOPATHY. 

morning and night for a few days. The loss of hair 
may be soon arrested, but new growth will be slow. 

Anasarca— Dropsy. 

This disorder, which is often a mere extension of 
dropsy of some other part of the system, but may 
also occur alone, consists of collection of serum in 
the cellular tissue immediately beneath the skin. It 
may be known by the doughy feel of the part, the 
pit made by pressure retaining for a time the im- 
pression made, and it is usually accompanied by 
scanty urination, dry skin, and other symptoms of 
dropsy. 

It is generally cured by alternating the Specific 
1 1, for Eruptions, with that of J J, for Indigestion, 
two or three times per day. If the urine is quite 
scanty, interpose two or three doses of that Specific, 
and then go on with the former Specifics again. 

Antichor. 
Is the name given to a globular inflammatory swell- 
ing, sometimes the size of the fist, which occasionally 
forms on the chest opposite the heart. It is a con- 
sequence of cold and straining, and will yield to a 
few doses of five drops of the Specific A A, for 
Fever, repeated two or three times per day. 

Exanthemes. 
There are various forms of E xanthomatous dis- 
eases to which men and animals are subject, and 
which have been most elaborately arranged and 
classified by writers who have devoted themselves 



EXANTHEMES. 23 

to this particular subject. They are, however, of 
little value to us in a practical point of view, as these 
distinctions are often too intricate to be followed by 
the amateur, and lead to no practical difference in 
the treatment. They may be acute or chronic, dry, 
scurfy, and attended with itching and burning ; or 
moist, and secreting matter. 

These are all treated by internal remedies, and 
with scarcely any external applications, and experi- 
ence has abundantly shown that this mode of treat- 
ment is far less troublesome, as well as more safe 
than that of external washes and applications. 
Every eruptive disease is only the manifestation of 
an internal morbid condition, and requires only the 
cure of that morbid condition in order to its entire 
disappearance externally. 

Old School Homoeopathy offers a great variety of 
medicines for different forms of exanthemata, but 
our Specific will be found applicable to all of them, 
with scarce an exception, and the use of it in any 
eruptive disease is a mere question of dose and 
repetition. 

For Pimples which form on the surface, scale off 
and fall in a powder or scurf. Give five drops of 
the Eruption Specific, I I, every night. 

For dry eruptions, with desquamation or branny 
scaling off of the skin, give the same dose and 
repetition. 

For Sudden Itching after a cold, the same. 

Moist eruptions, where there are small blisters 
(vesicles) or pustules which rise above the skin, break 



24 VETERINARY" SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

and secrete a fluid which is poured upon the sur- 
face, forming crusts and scabs, and is attended with 
very troublesome itching, require a dose of the 
same Specific two or even three times a day. In any 
form of eruption attended with heat, burning, and 
great uneasiness, the dose should be given more fre- 
quently, and to relieve the anguish and fever, a few 
doses of the Fever Specific, A A, may be given 
from time to time with most excellent effect. 

Fistulas. 

Abscesses having a small opening, with a straight 
or sinuous canal burrowing along beneath the sur- 
face, among the muscles, tendons, sheaths, and even 
bones, are termed Fistulas. They are distinguished 
according to their location, extent, and general cha- 
racteristics, as follows : 

Fistula in the Neck, or Poll Evil; fully de- 
scribed in a preceding page, under that head. 

Venous Fistula; from inflammation along the 
course of a vein, from blood-letting. 

Fistula in Ano ; from docking too near the anus, 
and improper treatment. 

Fistula of the Corona ; generally on the inner 
side of the corona or frog of the foot, and if the dis- 
ease lasts some time, the entire hoof becomes af- 
fected and altered, the animal becomes lame, and 
walks upon the toe. 

Salivary Fistula; which sometimes occurs in 
the salivary duct, when it passes round the edge of 
the posterior jaw. 

Fistula of the Withers ; which is situated wl;ere 



FISTULAS. 25 

the neck and back unite, and is of the most formid- 
able character, and may even endanger the life of 
the animal, from the pus sinking down and extend- 
ing to vital parts beneath. 

Dental Fistula, on the lower border of the 
lower jaw, sometimes on the outer surface, is fre- 
quently very painful, so that the animal refuses to 
eat, and grows thin. 

These are the more common forms of Fistula, and 
the general character, causes, and treatment, are 
much the same, wherever located. 

Causes. — In almost all cases, Fistulas are the re- 
sult of some external injury, a blow, strain, chafing, 
pressure, etc., which, acting upon some dyscrasia or 
predisposition of the system, results in inflammation, 
suppuration, and subsequent burrowing to a fistulous 
opening. 

Treatment. — In case there is heat and feverish 
irritation, the Fever Specific, A A, should be given 
a few times, in doses of five drops, after which the 
Specific for Ulcers, Fistulas, etc., I I, should be 
given, a dose of five drops every night and morning, 
except that in very old cases one dose every day is 
better. 

In cases where the canal is long and crooked, or 
runs into cavities of pus, it must be laid open with 
the scalpel, so as to heal from the bottom. This is 
best done by passing a grooved probe along the 
canal, then running a bistoury along this groove, 
thus laying it open to the surface. The ulcer must 
be kept clean, and if deep cavities exist, pressure 
upon the sides will much facilitate their union from 
the bottom, by causing adhesion. All such fistulous 
ulcers are slow in healing, and require care and at- 
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26 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

tention, but with such care and attention the treat- 
ment will be successful. They should be kept clean 
and dressed daily with the Calendula Lotion to faci- 
litate the healing. 

Grease or Scratches. 
The skin of the heels of a horse has this peculiar- 
ity, that in a healthy state it secretes a greasy or 
oily matter, which lubricates the surface, and ren- 
ders it soft and pliable as well as protects it in a 
measure from dirt and moisture. Often, however, 
from want of attention, and especially in coarse 
animals, fever supervenes, the secretion is arrested, 
and the skin becomes tense, dry, red, and scurfy. 
The action of the joint being continued, cracks or 
fissures form in the skin, and a liquid is discharged 
profusely from the pores of the heel, at first clear 
like water, then thicker, turbid, greasy, and corrod- 
ing the skin and roots of the hair. The inflam- 
mation and pain make rapid progress ; the animal 
can not bear the slightest touch, limps in walking, 
and when at rest holds the foot off the ground. 
Swelling, heat, dryness, and redness are the first 
stage ; profuse moisture, cracks, and deep clefts, 
the second. Sometimes, in very bad and neglected 
cases, a yet more serious stage ensues. The ulcer- 
ations extend over the entire heel and fetlock, and 
in the deep clefts which occur, and gradually ex- 
tending out over the surface, fungi spring up, which 
are unhealthy vegetations, and are highly sensitive, 
readily bleeding at the slightest touch, and inter- 
spersed with scabs. Gradually these vegetations 
are covered with scabs or a horny substance, pro- 



GREASE OR SCRATCHES. 27 

trading in the form of knots, and collected together 
in bunches, termed Grapes. A fetid and peculiar 
exhalation arises from almost the whole of this unna- 
tural substance. The horse suffers much, and is 
gradually worn down by the unnatural drain. 

Causes. — Almost invariably the disease may be 
traced to want of proper care and attendance, per- 
mitting the horse to stand for days in his own litter, 
or his legs covered with mud ; irregular work, legs 
much exposed to wet and mud ; or working in 
water ; add to this a tendency in some animals and 
families to this disease. In these cases the tendency 
to the ulcerative form is very strong. 

Treatment. — Regard must be had to cleanliness 
and diet. Remove the hair from the sores, and 
cleanse them well with soap and water. In bad 
cases the application of a bran-poultice cleanses them 
beautifully. Keep the legs as dry as possible. 
Feed with relaxing or green food, bran-mashes, and 
less stimulating food, especially in the early stage, 
and give five drops of the Specific for Eruptions, 
1 1, each morning and night. If the horse is hot, 
feverish, or restless, give the Specific for Fever, 
A A, between times. Keep the limb as free from 
dirt or wet as possible, and if the horse is not worked, 
let him have exercise daily. If any application is 
required, Pond's Extract, morning and night, is 
the best. 

When graces have formed, that is, unhealthy ve- 
getations have sprouted out of the deep cracks, oc- 
casional poultices of turnip or bran are useful to 
cleanse the part, after which apply with a brush 
dilute sulphuric acid to the sores. Ten drops to a 
half-gill of water is strong enough. 



28 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

Cracked Heels is but another form of the same 
disease, and requires the same treatment. 

Fungus 
Is a term often applied to indurations or hardened 
places in the skin, occasioned by the strong and 
continued pressure of the harness. Bathe them in 
Pond's Extract occasionally, or in diluted Arnica, 
and give the Eruption Specific, I I, night and 
morning, a dose of five drops. Fungus excrescences 
about the foot require the same treatment. 

Induration of the Skin. 

Hardening and tightness of the skin, when it is 
not the result of chafing of the harness, or external 
pressure, will yield to the alternate use of the Spe- 
cifics for Eruptions, 1 1, and that for Indigestion, 
J J, a dose of three drops, repeated daily. 

If the result of chafing or pressure, bathe the part 

daily with Pond's Extract, or Arnica, and use the 

medicines mentioned above, internally, one dose 

daily. 

Hidebound. 

This condition is not a disease of itself, but a mere 
symptom of some other disease, most frequently of 
the stomach ; such as a disordered stomach, poor 
food, or long exposure to rough, stormy weather. 
It not unfrequently exists in connection with Gland- 
ers, Grease, Founder, or old diseases of the lungs. 

Symptoms. — It manifests itself by the hair look- 
ing rough and unthrifty, without its natural smooth- 
ness and gloss ; and the skin feels hard, firm, and 
fixed to the flesh. 



MANGE OR ITCH. 29 

We can most successfully treat it by ascertaining 
and removing the cause upon which it depends. 
Bat in the absence of any special indication, we 
may give with the best success a dose of the Spe- 
cific for Indigestion, J J, each morning, and one 
of the Specific for Eruptions, 1 1, each night, say 
live drops at a dose. 

Mange or Itch. 

This disease, which occurs in all domestic animals, 
especially the horse, sheep, and dog, much resembles 
and is probably the same as the itch in the human 
subject. It may be dry and pimpled, or vesicular 
and humid. It first appears on the neck at the roots 
of the mane, thence to the back, loins, neck, but- 
tock, shoulders, thighs, etc., and consists of small 
pimples, itching violently, and causing the animal to 
scratch and rub itself incessantly, thus soon denuding 
the parts. In the dry variety, the parts seem cov- 
ered with a whitish dust, and constantly spreads 
more and more. The moist variety consists of pim- 
ples, changing at times to pustules, which break and 
discharge a fluid forming crusts or scabs, which peel 
off, leaving bare and sore spots. This process ex- 
tends by degrees, and is attended with intolerable 
itching and irritation, until the entire system is more 
or less involved. 

The animal grows thin in spite of good appetite, 
and unless cured mange may continue for years, 
terminating fatally in some other form of disease, 
such as dropsy, consumption, etc. 
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30 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

Old, badly-kept horses, and emaciated cows arc 
especially liable to it. Sheep have it in a variety of 
forms. Among hogs it is quite common and most 
readily cured, while it is most obstinate in case of 
dogs. 

It is a decidedly infectious disease, and among 
horses is generally the result of infection, being 
communicated by the curry-comb, brush, blanket, or 
by rubbing the same stall with an infected animal. 

It may also arise spontaneously from spoiled or 
scanty food, or from humid stables, bad keeping, and 
poor attendance. 

Treatment. — The horse should be so kept as not 
to communicate his disease to others, and be most 
carefully groomed and attended, with a suitable al- 
lowance of good diet, and morning and night give 
five drops of the Specific, 1 1, for Mange. Procure 
also one or two pounds of good flour of Sulphur, 
and constantly dust this in the curry-comb, brush, 
and cloth used about the horse, and also in obstinate 
cases a table-spoonful may be stirred in a bucket of 
water, and given daily. A wash of soap-suds, sul- 
phur, and water may be applied every two or three 
days to accelerate the cure. If any ointment is 
deemed necessary, the sulphur ointment as described 
on page viii. is the best. Keep mercurials away from 

the horse. 

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Swelled Legs. 
This affection is of frequent occurrence in horses, 
and is more especially observed in coarse and badly 
groomed animals. The hind-legs are most subject 
to it, although it frequently extends to the fore. 
Sometimes from metastasis of disease from other 



MALANDERS AND SALANDERS. 31 

parts, the leg swells to an enormous degree, and it 
is attended with some heat, tenderness, and peculiar 
lameness. The pulse is quickened, and there is evi- 
dent fever. In such case there is some inflammation 
of the cellular tissue, and an effusion of fluid forming 
the swelling. In these cases a few doses of the 
Fever, A A, Specific will soon relieve the lameness 
and swelling. If the legs are swelled without being 
lame or painful, the Specific I I, for Eruptions, 
should be given morning and night, which with 
careful grooming and exercise will soon reduce the 
swelling. Sometimes swelled legs are merely the 
result of a change of feed, and hence often occur in 
spring and fall, or when horses are taken from 
pasture and confined in close stables. Consult also 
Grease or Scratches. 

Malanders and Salanders. 

Scurfy erruptions sometimes appear in the bend 
of the knee and at the anterior bend of the hock, 
which after a time are attended with an oozing of 
mucus and formation of crusts and cracks in the skin. 
When occurring on the fore-legs they are termed 
Malanders, and Salanders when on the hind-legs. 
They produce itching, pain, and occasionally lame- 
ness. It is caused by long travelling on bad roads, 
want of cleanliness, and an internal virus. 

Give the Specific for Eruptions, I I, night and 
morning, and if necessary bathe the part with Pond's 
Extract. It is usually soon relieved. 



32 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHT. 

Swelling of the Teats. 
Sometimes from cold or injury the teats are sub- 
ject to inflammatory swelling. A few closes of the 
Fever Specific, A A, will relieve, and if the parts 
seem quite tender, bathe them with Pond's Extract 
or Arnica. 

Sweating. 

Sometimes, on very moderate exercise, horses 
sweat to excess. It is often the result of weakness, 
poor food, or some internal condition. Give the 
Specific for Indigestion, J J, a few times. It will 
generally relieve. 

Tetters 
Are sometimes met with in the horse. They con- 
sist of numerous small pimples clustered together, 
which after a time break and run together, forming 
a crust or scab devoid of hair. It is attended with 
itching, causing the animal to scratch. The Specific 
for Eruptions, 1 1, given morning and night, will be 
found effective. 

Surfeit. 

This is not an uncommon disease in the horse, and 
arises from some obscure internal condition, in con- 
nection with sudden changes in the kind and quality 
of his food; violent exercise or over-heating; checked 
sweating in a draught of air ; drinking cold water 
after work; or sudden changes in the weather. 

There are two forms; the first attended with great 
itching of the skin, compelling the animal constantly 
to rub himself; the hair becomes rubbed off in sev- 
eral places, which are covered with a bloody scurf, 
or fluid of a reddish color; the skin in other places 



TUMORS, SWELLINGS. S3 

is warmer than in health ; the hair is rough and un- 
thrifty ; the legs are perhaps swelled, and the horse 
becomes dull and weak. 

In the second form, there appear upon the skin 
many small and hard, or large and flat lumps or 
swellings, which go away as quickly as they come. 
They may come over the whole body or only on the 
neck, quarters, sides, and shoulders. In other re- 
spects the animal seems well. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Erltptions, 1 1, 
five drops each morning, and five drops of the spe- 
cific for Indigestion, J J, each night. A few doses 
will generally relieve. 

Tumors, Swellings. 
Any unusual or morbid growth or enlargement may 
be termed a swelling, and when one is found upon 
any part of an animal, care should be taken to as- 
certain, if possible, its nature and cause. They are 
variously named, according to their locality and the 
nature of their contents. Sometimes they are glo- 
bular or conical, or again flattened, or again pedun- 
culated. Some are quite firm and hard, others 
spongy, and others contain fluid. 

The principal varieties are abdominal tumor, 
which extends along the abdomen, and should not 
be confounded with dropsy or with pregnancy. 

Tumor of the chest, which in case of the horse, 
is situated over the heart, is about the size of a fist, 
and is hot and painful. (See Antichor.) 

Swelling of the feet is common among cattle and 
horses, and may be either hot or cold. 

Swelling of the scrotum, accompanied with fever, 



34 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

is hot, and liable to produce unpleasant conse- 
quences. 

Swelling of the head may occur in various por- 
tions and degrees. 

Swelling of the sheath, which may become indu- 
rated by neglect. 

Tumor at the point of the elbow, which is of vari- 
ous sizes, globular, and may attain the size of a 
child's head, is soft and somewhat hot. It is caused 
by the pressure of the shoe or by an uneven pave- 
ment while lying. After a time it becomes pendent, 
cold, insensible, and filled with yellowish fluid. 

Tumors may form upon the edge of the eyelids 
from some internal cause. 

Encysted Tumors (so called because the enlarge- 
ment is inclosed in a sack) are frequent, more or less 
round, movable beneath the skin, painless, and 
sometimes attain to a considerable size. They are 
the result of some internal cause not easily defined. 

Treatment. — In all cases where a tumor or swell- 
ing is hot or painful, give the Fever Specific, A A, 
every two, four, or six hours, according to the ur- 
gency of the case. Keep the animal on low diet 
and thus seek to disperse it. If caused by external 
pressure or an injury, bathe the part frequently 
with Pond's Extract or with diluted Arnica. It 
the tumor, notwithstanding the treatment, has soft- 
ened, grows whitish at some point, painful and 
smaller, open it and then treat it as in case of an 
ulcer, giving the Specific for Ulcers morning and 
night, until healed. 

In case of cold tumors or hot tumors after the 
heat has been reduced, simply give the Specific for 



WARTS VERMIN. dO 

Ulcers at night or noon and night, and the Condi- 
tion Specific in the morning until the tumor is dis- 
persed or the condition favoring their production is 
destroyed. Encysted and fatty tumors will gener- 
ally have to be taken out by the knife, and the skin 
again neatly brought together and healed to prevent 
a scar. Tubercles, as they are called, are only 
small tumors called into existence by cold, heat, cold 
drinking, and other circumstances acting upon a sus- 
ceptible condition of the system. 

Warts. 

Warts are so well known as to require no descrip- 
tion. Certain horses and young animals are most 
subject to them. They vary in size and appearance, 
are smooth or shaggy, pedunculated or have a large 
base, and some are soft, moist, spongy. They 
sometimes arise after chafing or an injury, but de- 
pend essentially upon an internal cause. 

The Eruptive Specific, 1 1, given occasionally for 
a few weeks, will cause their entire disappearance. 

Vermin. 
Animals occasionally are subject to insects which 
fasten upon the skin and occasion great annoyance 
from the itching they occasion. Horses after having 
run out for the winter, on being taken up in the 
spring in poor condition with long rough coat, al- 
most invariably are troubled with them. They are 
best and most safely destroyed by an infusion of to- 
bacco-water, after which cleanliness is only required. 
A dose or two of the Specific for Eruptions, 1 1, will 
also be of value. 



CHAPTER II. 

MECHANICAL INJURIES, SPRAINS, ETC. 

Burns and Scalds. 

Burns occasionally occur in domestic animals. 
Pond's Extract may be applied directly to the sur- 
face if at hand, and is the best remedy, but if not at 
hand, tincture of Urtica Urens and water, half and 
half; but if not obtainable, a soap-plaster applied to 
the spot relieves as promptly as any other domestic 
remedy, and has this recommendation, that it can 
always be obtained. In extensive burns, give the 
Fever Specific, A A, internally, five drops every 
one or two hours. 

Castration. 

After this operation, a dose or two of the Fever 
Specific, A A, is of great value to prevent fever and 
relieve the effects of fright, fear, etc. The parts 
should also be washed with Pond's Extract or Ar- 
nica and water, to arrest inflammation and swelling, 
and promote healing. 

Contusions. 
Contusions often occur in animals from blows, 
kicks, falls, chafing, etc. The place exhibits either 
an open wound, or a swelled, black and blue appear- 
ance, and in many instances, if neglected, inflamma- 
tion and suppuration may occur, and an abscess be 
the result. Violent shocks or contusions, when in- 



CONTUSIONS. 37 

ternal parts are injured, sometimes present but little 
appearance of injury externally, yet fever, inflamma- 
tion, or other serious effects, may show themselves.. 
Contusions about the head, and those that involve 
joints and bones, are most dangerous. 

Treatment. — For all injuries, sprains, and contu- 
sions apply Pond's Extract, if it can be obtained, 
wetting the part with it, from time to time. This 
soon disperses the swelling and inflammation, re- 
lieves the soreness, and prevents bad consequences. 
Arnica is very similar, and to be used in the same 
manner, yet we prefer the Extract. 

In cases where the injury has been accompanied 
with fright or fear, or is at all extensive, or there is 
reason to suspect internal organs are involved, give 
five or eight drops of the Specific A A, for Fever, 
and repeat the dose two or three times, at intervals 
of four hours, and especially so in all cases where 
fever is actually present. Then give the Specific for 
Strains and Injuries, B B, repeating the remedy 
every two, four, or six hours, according to the ur- 
gency of the case. In the most severe cases with se- 
rious injury and high fever, the two remedies may be 
alternated every hour at first, then at longer intervals. 

Chafing of the collar, or girth, or saddle, only re- 
quires the Pond's Extract or Arnica, with which 
the part should be bathed from time to time, and the 
specific for Injuries may be given internally. 

The results of old injuries, also, will be much bene*- 
fited by giving the Specific B B, for Injuries, occa- 
sionally. Almost every possible form of injury is 
met by this most invaluable specific. 
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38 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

Capped Elbow. 
This is a swelling formed at the point of the elbow, 
consisting of an infiltration of bloody serum and 
thickened skin. It may be the result of a blow, but 
is most generally caused by the horse in so lying, 
that the calks of the shoe press upon the elbow- 
joint. In some cases, inflammatory action sets in, 
and the tumor softens and is discharged, or if the 
pressure is continued, the swelling becomes hard 
and firm. 

Treatment. — When the injury is recent, foment 
it with hot water three times per day, and after each 
fomentation apply Pond's Extract or Arnica. 
Alter the shoe, by removing the calks, and smoothing 
the shoe as far as possible, to prevent any further 
irritation. Should it have become soft, and matter 
formed, it should be treated as an abscess. 

Capped Hock. 
This form of injury most frequently results from 
kicking, or some similar violence, and manifests 
itself either as a swelling at the point of the hock, 
w T hich consists of an effusion of bloody serum and 
thickened skin ; or the swelling bulges out on each 
side of the hock, making the enlargement more 
prominent at the sides. This is found to consist of 
an enlargement of the bursa or small bags which 
contain the lubricating fluid for the part, and over 
which the sinews glide. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific, B B for Inju- 
ries, five drops three times per day. Foment the 
part with hot water, morning and night, applying 



CURB. 39 

the Pond's Extract after each fomentation, as for 
capped elbow. After the heat and irritation are re- 
duced, careful hand-rubbing will do much to dis- 
perse the enlargement of the bursa in the second 
form. 

Curb. 

At the back of the hock, three or four inches be- 
low its point, an enlargement or swelling arises, which 
has received the name of curb. It is a strain of the 
ring-like ligament which binds the tendons in their 
place, or of the sheath itself. It comes on in conse- 
quence of a violent strain of the flexor tendons, or 
may occur in consequence of a blow, kick, or contu- 
sion upon the part. It is most likely to occur in 
cow-hocked horses, where the hocks are turned in- 
ward, and the legs form a considerable angle out- 
ward, as in such cases the annular ligament must be 
continually on the stretch in order to confine the 
tendon. 

When it first occurs, the swelling may not be 
great, but is attended with warmth, pain, and lame- 
ness, the leg being moved with caution, and awk- 
wardly. 

Treatment. — In recent cases, bathe the part with 
Pond's Extract, or Arnica and water often, give the 
horse rest, and administer the Specific B B, for 
Sprain, five drops, two or three times per day. 
Continue the application of the Extract or Arnica 
so long as the heat and swelling remain. Give the 
horse rest, for in no case is rest more absolutely re- 
quired for a permanent cure than in this. If prema- 
turely put to hard labor, it is very likely to return 
again. If the curb is permitted to run its course, 



40 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOM(EOPATHV. 

the acute stage will pass off, leaving a hard, cold 
tumor, which may or may not materially interfere 
with the motion of the joint. All old cases require 
the Specific B B, for Sbrain, once or twice daily^ 
and continued for some weeks. 

Docking. 

By docking the tail of a horse, his shape and ex- 
ternal appearance are often improved, yet the opera- 
tion is not without its consequences, such as inflam- 
mation> nervous irritation, fistulous ulcers, tetanus, 
etc. 

After the operation, bathe the part in Pond's Ex- 
tract, or Arnica, and then tie a lint, saturated with 
it, firmly around the dock. This will allay all local 
irritation. Give first a dose of the Specific A A, 
for Fever, and after a few hours, a dose of the Spe- 
cific B B, for Injuries, winch may be repeated 
from time to time, to relieve the soreness and inflam- 
mation, and promote healing. 

Fistula of the Withers. 
In the article on Fistulas, the nature and general 
treatment of all forms of Fistulas are given. This 
form of Fistula is, perhaps, more important from its 
location, and the nature of the structures involved. 
Repeated friction, or long-continued compression on 
the withers, may injure the muscular and ligamentous 
parts, and give rise to a painful swelling, which, if 
not speedily relieved or appropriately treated, may 
terminate in an abscess, which, failing to come to 
the surface, may sink more and more among the 



FRACTURES. 41 

ligaments and cartilages, extending to the very bones 
of the spine. 

Treatment. — When the difficulty is still fresh, 
the spelling may be dispersed by applying Pond's 
Extract, and giving the Specific A A, for Fever, 
daily. But if matter has formed, it must be opened 
at its lowest point, and the matter evacuated, and 
the Specific for Ulcers, I I, given daily, morning 
and night. Consult the article on Fistulas. 

Fractures. 

Fractures of the bones of the horse occasionally 
occur in consequence of some severe blow, contusion, 
fall, or other injury. They are discoverable from 
the difference in shape, the swelling, lameness of the 
part, and especially by the " crepitus," or grating- 
sound, which occurs from moving the two fractured 
ends of a bone together. In all doubtful cases, this 
crepitation is the reliable criterion. In the more 
palpable cases, the distortion, loss of the use of the 
part, and extensive swelling remove all doubt. 

Among the most common are fractures of the ribs, 
forming a swelling over the place, which is very sensi- 
tive to pressure. Of the pelvis, rendering one hip 
lower than the other. Of the leg, rendering move- 
ment and use of the limb impossible, the point be- 
low the fracture swinging about useless. 

Fractures are simple where a single break occurs 
in one bone, compound when the surrounding parts 
are lacerated, and complicated when bones are broken 
up or fractured in different directions. 

The treatment of all fractures rests upon very 
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42 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

simple principles. Bring the broken parts to their 
natural position, and keep them there, and the more 
perfectly this intention is carried out, the more per- 
fect will be the result. Unfortunately, from the 
weight of the animal and often his intractibility, this 
is not always easy or even possible. But, on the 
other hand, nature will eventually heal, even the 
worst cases, requiring, it is true, a long time, and 
leaving behind very sad traces of her faulty work- 
manship. So that in treating a fracture all these 
elements should be taken into consideration. 

Fracture of the ribs: Bathe the swelling with 
Pond's Extract, and the parts will soon unite. 
Bandaging is of no consequence. 

Fracture of the haunch-bone can not be reduced, 
but nature will ere long heal it, though with some 
distortion. 

Fractures of the leg, from the weight of the ani- 
mal, are extremely difficult to manage. It can only 
be done by partially suspending the animal by stout 
canvas passing under the belly, and attached to roll- 
ers on either side, and by means of pulleys raising 
him up so that the feet just touch the ground, the 
canvas being supplied with heavy bands before and 
behind, to keep the body securely fixed in the can- 
vas. The fractured ends of the limb should then be 
carefully adjusted, and the limb wound well with a 
roller-bandage, then a pair of iron splints, grooved 
so as to fit the limb, and well wadded with tow ; the 
splint that is behind, being two or three inches longer 
than the foot, should be securely bound on. The 



LUXATION OF THE PATELLA, OR STIFLE. 43 

whole internal bandage should be bathed in Pond's 
Extract, and kept wet with it, from time to time, 
for a week. This will subdue the inflammation, and 
hasten the union of the parts. After eight days, the 
splints should be removed, and the limb examined, 
and again replaced, to remain five or six weeks, at 
the end of which time the splint may be removed, 
and a simple bandage and lighter splint retained until 
the cure is perfected in some six weeks longer, when 
the animal may be trusted to use his limb. If the 
ends are in proper apposition, and maintained there, 
the union will be perfect, with but little swelling or 
deformity. 

The general treatment of all fractures is to place 
the parts in position, keep them there by proper 
splints and bandage, and keep the place wet with 
Pond's Extract until the heat and swelling have 
subsided. A dose of the Specific B B, for Strains 
and Injuries, will be appropriate, morning and night. 

Luxation of the Patella, or Stifle. 
Under the influence of a severe blow, a sudden 
leap or strain, the patella, or knee-pan is sometimes 
displaced. The animal holds his leg stiff and ex- 
tended, can not rest on it, and when obliged to 
walk, draws it along. This displacement of the pa- 
tella is called being stifled. The displacement can 
be reduced by the aid of sufficient help and placing 
a side-line with a hopple on the pastern of the af- 
fected limb, and, drawing the hind-leg forward, the 
surgeon will then with both hands bring the bone 



44 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

to its place. Often the reduction is effected of itself 
if the horse makes the slightest effort. The part 
should be bathed in Arnica or Pond's Extract, as the 
ligaments are always injured, and a dose or two of 
the Specific B B, for Injuries, should be given. 

Injuries of the stifle, bruises, strains, etc., often 
occur, and should be treated by bathing the part 
with Pond's Extract or Arnica, and giving the 
animal the above Specific for injuries. 

Sprains and Dislocations. 

Sprains of various joints or parts occur, which 
are more or less grave or serious depending upon 
the extent of the injury or the joint involved. If a 
bone is displaced, it is termed a dislocation. The 
joint becomes painful, swelling soon ensues, and on 
comparing the joint with its fellow, we perceive the 
distortion, the limb is longer or shorter, and the 
animal moves it with great difficulty or not at all. 
If the bone is not moved from its position, but the 
ligaments are merely injured, or torn, or joints other- 
wise bruised, it is termed a sprain. The swelling in 
this case is often as severe and even more so, than 
in case of actual dislocation. Yet the accident is 
not so serious, because in cases of horses and cattle 
a dislocation is not always curable, and if the joint 
be replaced, the danger' of new dislocation is far 
more imminent than though it had never occurred. 

Causes. — Sprains and dislocations occur from 
false steps, slipping, leaping across ditches, sudden 
springing, violent effort in drawing a load, or sud- 



SPRAIN OF THE FETLOCK SADDLE-GALLS. . 45 

don turning, or from falls, blows, kicks, contu- 
sions, etc. 

Treatment. — In all such cases the indications are 
simple, yet the execution of them sometimes very- 
difficult. For sprains, bathe the parts with Pond's 
Extract or Arnica to keep down the swelling and 
inflammation, renewing the application from time to 
time at intervals of two, four, or six hours, accord- 
ing to the urgency of the case, and give the Specific 
B B, for Injuries, two or three times a day until 
well. 

Sprain of the Fetlock. 

A sprain of this joint sometimes occurs, mani- 
fested by heat, swelling, and lameness more or less 
decided and especially manifested when the horse 
is moving on uneven ground. When recent, bathe 
the part with Pond's Extract, and saturate a band- 
age with it, and wrap it up, moistening it from time 
to time, and give the Specific B B, for Sprains, two 
or three times per day,, five drops at a dose. The 
pain and lameness will gradually abate. 

Saddle-Galls; G-alled Back or Breast. 
Not unfrequently from long-continued pressure of 
the saddle, or collar, or other portions of the har- 
ness, especially when not properly fitted, the part 
becomes injured or bruised. The result is a swell- 
ing of the part. Sometimes a small circular bruise 
or extravasation of blood, termed " warbles," results, 
or these may ulcerate, producing in healing a thick- 
ening of the skin termed " sitfast." Thus we may 
have all grades from mere chafing and swelling to 
ulceration, cicatrisation, and permanent scar. 



46 - VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

Treatment. — In fresh injuries arising from chaf- 
ing of the harness or saddle, apply Pond's Ex- 
teact to the part two or three times per day, or if 
this is not at hand, Arnica and cold water. A slight 
chafing or excoriation is relieved by cold water or 
salt and water. 

Speedy Cut. 

This term is applied to an injury on the enlarge- 
ment of the splint-bone inside of the leg immediate- 
ly under the knee. A horse with high action in a 
fast trot violently strikes this part w T ith the edge of 
the shoe or hoof. 

Symptoms. — The pain is often very great, so that 
horses have been known to drop like a shot; there 
is great heat and tenderness; more or less swelling 
and lameness. A bony enlargement is the result of 
repeated blows. 

Treatment. — Give the horse rest or only such 
work as will prevent a repetition of the blow. 
Bathe the part with Pond's Extract or Arnica until 
the swelling is entirely reduced, or the swelling itself 
will cause a fresh injury. Alter the shoe so as to 
favor the interfering foot, draw it Well under, and 
rasp down the hoof as far as it will bear w T ith safety, 
and see that the bearing is even all round. The 
inner side of the shoe should have but one nail, and 
that near the toe, if the work of the horse will ad- 
mit of it. 

Strains. 
Strains of the tendons, or of different parts of an 
animal, occur, which are more or less serious accord- 
ing to circumstances, and which require medication 
for prompt and complete restoration. 



STRAINS. 47 

A strain of the loins may occur from a leap off a 
bank, or from a slip, or from turning round in a 
stall. If severe, it is difficult to cure. The horse 
bends or lowers the quarters when walking, moves 
backward with difficulty, trots unsteadily, and thus 
refers his suffering to the loins. If very severe, he 
can not move back or scarcely forward, drags his 
hind-legs, and his quarters tremble when walking. 
In extreme cases, he can not raise himself, but sits 
on his haunches like a dog, soon falling again to the 
ground. There is heat, swelling, and tenderness of 
the lumbar region. 

The shoulder may be strained by galloping on a 
hill-side, or by a false slip in leaping, or by other 
effort causing a violent strain of the muscles of the 
shoulder. The suffering is quite severe, the animal 
is incapable of extending his shoulder, and therefore 
drags his toe on the ground in attempting to walk. 
The horse also goes down-hill with great difficul- 
ty. In some cases, there is considerable heat and 
swelling and great pain when the shoulder is pinched. 
If the leg is lifted high up and drawn out forcibly 
forward, it causes great pain. This mark distin- 
guishes the strain of the shoulder from any disease 
or lameness of the foot, that it causes great pain to 
extend the limb forward, and, in standing, the horse 
places the leg before him, not stretched out straight, 
but bent and resting on the toe. After this condi- 
tion of things has continued some time, a sinking in 
or depression is shown at the crest or top of the 
shoulder-blade, from inflammatory action and wast- 



48 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

ing of substance, to which the term Sweney has 
been given. 

Strain of the haunch, in which the animal halts a 
little, spares the affected limb as much as possible, 
and can neither trot or gallop. When the strain is 
but slight, the animal scarcely limps in walking, and 
seems only pained when urged at a faster gait ; 
when it is severe, even standing is painful, the ani- 
mal limps in walking, and drags his leg ; and in trot- 
ting, his buttocks describe a sort of swinging move- 
ment. It is often very difficult to detect it, but its 
presence may be inferred when a careful examina- 
tion can discover no injury or lesion in any other 
part of the limb, and especially if the horse will not 
permit his haunch to be examined. It differs from 
spavin in that the lameness increases rather than di- 
minishes by walking. 

Strain of the tendons of the leg or of the envel- 
oping sheath, is generally attended with excessive 
lameness and inflammation of the part, and the point 
of suffering is readily discovered. 

Treatment. — In all cases bathe the part with 
Pond's Extract or with Arnica when the Extract 
is not to be had, and so long as there is heat, soreness, 
and swelling, continue to apply the wash every two 
or four hours. We prefer the Extract in all cases, 
yet the Arnica does very well. The frequency of 
the application and length of time it should be con- 
tinued, depends on the extent or severity of the 
injury. Give also two or three times in the day, 
five drops of the Specific for Injuries, B B, accord- 
ing to the urgency of the symptoms. In old cases, 
a dose morning and night is sufficient ; for more re- 



STINGS OF BEES, HORNETS, ETC. 49 

cent or fresh strains, a dose four times per day, until 
the more urgent symptoms are relieved. 

In cases of strain of the shoulder and of the ten- 
dons, it is important to take the strain off the in- 
jured limb, and for this purpose a high shoe is best. 
Rivet two horse-shoes together two or three inches 
apart, the lower one the smallest, so as not to inter- 
fere in nailing, and keep this on until the strain 
is cured. Such a shoe is often necessary in many 
similar cases, to relieve the suffering or injured limb, 
by keeping the weight of the animal mainly upon 
the sound foot. 

Stings of Bees, Hornets, etc. 
Sometimes where a horse has been tied near a 
swarm of bees, if sweaty or otherwise offensive to 
them, the swarm has been known to attack and settle 
on him, producing pain, inflammation, and swelling, 
not unfrequently resulting in death. The stings of 
hornets are as bad or worse. Pond's Extract, ap- 
plied freely, will relieve at once. Give at the same 
time the Fever Specific, A A, internally five drops, 
and repeat it every hour. If you have not the 
Extract use Arnica in the same manner.* 

* Urtica TJrens (Stinging Nettle) or the Plantago Major, 
(low plaintain,) are both valuable, if the former are not at hand. 
Make a strong tincture by bruising the leaves and stems of the 
plantago, then place it in a bottle or jar, and cover it with alco- 
hol or even whisky, and stir it well ; it will be fit to apply in a 
few moments, and will promptly relieve. Of course it improves 
with standing, and is efficient for stings of insects, bites of spi- 
ders, or even of venomous reptiles, snakes, etc. 
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50 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

Varices. 

The veins of the leg are sometimes distended, 
especially at the point where the large vein passes 
over the inner surface of the hock -joint, producing a 
soft elastic tumor. Bathe it with Pond's Extract, 
and give the remedy for Injuries, B B, morning and 
night. 

Wounds. 

Wounds differ much in importance and in the 
manner of treatment. Mere bruises or contusions 
only require the application of Extract or Arnica, 
as before advised. Cuts made by a sharp instru- 
ment unite readily by bringing the parts neatly to- 
gether and retaining them in place by adhesive plas- 
ter, or a few stitches. Those made by a ragged 
instrument require the same management, but often 
result in suppuration. Stab-wounds are often most 
dangerous, as internal organs may have been wound- 
ed, and it is better not to heal up the surface-wound. 
Gun-shot wounds are similar, and you can do but 
little for them. Extract the ball or shot if possible, 
and it will eventually heal of itself. When the 
belly has been ripped up, and the bow^el protrudes, 
it should be washed with tepid water and examined 
carefully to see if it has been injured, and then re- 
placed and the wound closed. If the bowel has 
been injured, and the animal can be used for the 
table, it had best be killed at once. 

When an artery has been wounded, the blood 
spurts out in jets and is very red ; when a vein is 
injured the blood flows in an uniform stream, and is 



WOUNDS. 51 

darker colored. Arterial wounds are far more dan- 
gerous, and the flow should be arrested promptly, 
either by compression or tying the artery itself. 
The application of Pond's Extract tends much to 
arrest the flow of blood. It is one of the best styp- 
tics known. 

Very extensive wounds are soon followed by 
fever and inflammation, commencing with a chill, 
and the fever continuing several days. In some 
cases after suppuration, unhealthy granulations, in 
the form of pale red excrescences, arise from the bot- 
tom, which show no disposition to heal. Extract 
should be applied a few times to such unhealthy 
sores, until they assume a better color and appear- 
ance. 

On stitching up a wound take the stitch from the 
inside, half an inch from the edge of the lip, bring 
the two edges together, and tie each stitch by itself, 
using as many as are required to keep the edges in 
place, and moisten the whole with Pond's Extract, 
to keep down the inflammation. 

In cases where fever and inflammation ensue, a 
few doses of the Specific A A, for Fever, are of ad- 
vantage, after which give the Specific B B, for Inju- 
ries, two or three times per day. 

If hemorrhage is very severe, lint, soaked in 
Pond's Extract, introduced into the wound, will 
soon arrest it. 

When the knee, or other joint has been penetrated 
by a wound, first cleanse it carefully from dirt and 
put on a compress saturated in Pond's Extract, and 



52 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

bind it on with a long roller-bandage several yards 
in length, so as to keep it firm in place, and saturate 
it with the Extract from day to day. Should you 
not succeed in closing the wound and thus arrest- 
ing the flow of synovia a hot iron may be used a little 
way around the joint, and the Extract compress 
again applied as before, taking care to tie the horse's 
head so as to keep him from disturbing the bandages. 
The operation may be repeated if needful. 

For injuries of the mouth apply the Extract or 
Arnica freely. 

Wounds of the eye require to be bathed from 
time to time with Pond's Extract, and to give the 
Specific A A, for Inflammation, two or three times 
per day until the inflammation and swelling is sub- 
dued. In the absence of the Extract put two drops 
of the Fever Specific in a glass of water, and bathe 
the eye from time to time with it. 



CHAPTER III. 

DISEASES OF THE EYES, BRAIN, AND 
NERVES. 

Albugo, or Spot in the Eye, Opacity of the 
Cornea. 

In consequence of a blow, stroke of a whip, or 
similar injury, an inflammatory action is set up in 
the eye, the result of which is an effusion of serum 
between the lamina of the outer coating of the eye, 
which renders the cornea or clear part of the eye, 
whitish or opaque in spots, interfering materially with 
the sight and usefulness of the organ. But little 
can be done to remove those of long standing, but 
recent cases, or those where the inflammation is just 
subsiding and the opacity only forming, will be dis- 
pelled by frequently bathing the eye with Pond's 
Extract, and giving the Specific A A, for Inflam- 
mation, five drops two or three times per day. In 
many cases of opacity a bit of honey, the size of a 
small pea, put in the eye daily, has been known to 
have a wonderful effect in removing opacities. 

Amaurosis, Gutta Serena. 
This disease consists in entire or partial loss of 
vision in consequence of paralysis of the optic nerve, 
or interruption of its communication with the brain. 
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54 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

Injuries of the head, or ball of the eye, or some dis- 
ease of the brain, are the usual causes. The horse 
walks cautiously, head elevated, and ears moved 
quickly backwards and. forwards, the eye has a 
peculiar glassy appearance, and the pupil does not 
dilate and contract when light is brought near or 
removed from the eye. 

But little can be done for these cases. In the 
earlier stages a dose of the Specific A A, for Inflam- 
mation, may possibly arrest its progress, but gene- 
rally it is incurable in man or beast. 

Cataract. 

In consequence of injuries to the eye, blows, 
contusions, etc., or as a consequence of severe and 
repeated inflammation, the crystalline lens becomes 
opaque, so as to interfere with or altogether destroy 
the sight. On examining the eye, deep in the pupil 
a whitish, yellowish, or brownish body is discovera- 
ble. Sometimes, especially in the commencement, 
white streaks run from the center outward, or the 
whole chamber within the pupil looks dim and 
whitish. 

Old Cataracts are incurable, but recent and form- 
ing cases may be benefited by giving the Specific 
A A, for Inflammation, and that for Injuries, B B, 
a dose every night alternately. 

Ophthalmia, Inflammation of the Eyes. 
There are in the horse two well marked forms of 
Sore or Inflamed Eyes. Acute Ophthalmia and 



OPHTHALMIA, INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES. 55 

Periodic Ophthalmia or Moon Blindness. Acute 
inflammation occurs usually in consequence of some 
irritating substance, hay-seed, dust, etc., having got 
into the eye, or from over-heating, heated food, or 
from hereditary predisposition. 

Symptoms. — It comes on with heat and uneasi- 
ness, the animal keeps the eye closed, or dreads the 
light, the eyeball and inside of the lid look red, and 
the ball is protruded and the eye secretes a quantity 
of humor which becomes purulent and glues the lids 
together. The cornea is dim and whitish or covered 
with a scum, the haw is swollen and red. 

Treatment. — Examine the eye for dirt, hay-seed, 
hair, or other substances, and if found, carefully 
remove them. They are more frequently under the 
upper lid, which may be turned inside out over the 
point of the finger, by taking the lashes between 
the finger and thumb, and turning the lid up- 
ward. The eye should be bathed with Pond's 
Extract, diluted one half with water, or if this be 
not at hand, make a lotion by putting four or five 
drops of the Specific for Inflammation, A A, in a 
half-pint of pure soft water, and the eye should be 
bathed with this two or three times per day so long 
as the heat and swelling exist. Give at the same 
time, in recent cases, five drops of the Fever Spe- 
cific, A A, four times per day, and in old cases the 
same dose morning and night. Arnica is of little 
consequence except the inflammation is the result of 
a bruise. 

Periodic Ophthalmia is really a general affection, 
the result of teething, and usually appears on the 
cutting of the middle incisors, the molars, and tusks, 
and hence, at the age of from three to five years. 



56 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

Symptoms. — Generally only one eye is attacked ; 
the eye looks smaller, swims in tears, and is sensi- 
tive to the light, the cornea becomes dim and leaden, 
and the lens looks gray. The pulse is full and fre- 
quent ; the mouth hot, tongue dry, the water scanty, 
and bowels constipated. There is evidently feverish 
excitement of the system and congestion of blood 
to the head. Not un frequently the inflammation 
passes from one eye to the other. Severe or repeated 
attacks are very apt to return again or leave as re- 
sults, dimness of the cornea, opacity of the lens, or 
cataract behind them. 

Treatment. — Exclude the animal from the glare 
of light, and give at once the Specific A A, for In- 
flammation, three drops every four or six hours. 
Bathe the eye from time to time with Pond's Ex- 
tract diluted with an equal quantity of soft water, 
or with the lotion mentioned in the case of Acute 
Ophthalmia. Keep him on low diet, and the case will 
generally be soon relieved. As the eye improves, 
the intervals between the doses of medicine should 
be prolonged. Often a dose night and morning is 
sufficient. Given early, it will prevent the develop- 
ment of serious consequences. 

The Haw. 
We mention in this connection a curious mechan- 
ism of the eye, more to guard against abuses than 
to cure disease. Concealed within the inner corner 
of the eye, the margin only visible, is a black or pied 
triangular-shaped cartillage called the haw, with its 
broad part forward. It is concave, exactly to suit 
the globe of the eye, and convex without, so as to 



CONVULSIONS AND SPASMS, APOPLEXY. 57 

adapt itself to the mucous lining of the lid, and the 
base of it is reduced to a thin, sharp edge. At the 
will of the animal this is rapidly protruded from its 
hiding-place, a/id passing swiftly over the eye, shov- 
els up every nuisance mixed with tears, and then 
being suddenly drawn back, the dust or insect is 
wiped away as the haw again passes under the cor- 
ner of the eye. The haw is subject in common with 
other parts of the eye to inflammation and swell- 
ing, and senseless grooms term this " the Hooks," 
and have been known to draw the haw out and cut 
it off, to the lasting injury of the organ. 

Such an inflammation only requires the usual 
treatment, and will be subdued by bathing the eye 
with Pond's Extract, and giving the Specific for 
Inflammation, A A, internally, as for other inflam- 
mations of this organ. 

Convulsions and Spasms, Apoplexy. 

Occasionally, in consequence of high feeding and 
deficient exercise, and especially in fat young horses 
with short necks and large blood-vessels, this disease 
occurs. It may also come on in consequence of 
drawing a heavy load up a hill, although in this case 
it is more likely to be a rupture of a blood-vessel, 
with hemorrhage from one or both nostrils. It is 
also predisposed by an overloaded stomach. 

Symptoms. — In apoplexy, the horse either sud- 
denly falls down lifeless, or there are premonitory 
symptoms, such as : vertigo, the animal holds his head 
down, or leans it upon something, yawns, perspires 



58 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

slightly, and moves clumsily, etc. Afterwards, the 
animal falls down suddenly, the circulation becomes 
disturbed and irregular, eyes red, protruded, and 
staring; breathing labored, short, .rattling; body 
covered with sweat, and eyelids paralyzed. After 
a few convulsions, the animal dies ; or, in rare cases, 
an improvement takes place, to be again after a 
longer or shorter period of time, followed by re- 
lapse, or to result in paralysis. (Compare the symp- 
toms with those of Epilepsy.) 

Treatment. — So soon as any of the premonitory 
symptoms are observed, give at once the Specific for 
Fever and Congestion, A A, five drops, and re- 
peat the dose every one, two, or three hours, until 
the animal is relieved, and then at longer intervals. 
If the horse falls under an attack, give of the above 
Specific at once, and repeat the dose every half- 
hour or hour ; remove the harness, etc., and from 
time to time pour some cold water upon the head, 
not too much or too violently, while you also give 
the medicine internally. Injections of salt and water 
may be of decided advantage. 

Epilepsy. 
This disease sometimes appears in the horse, and 
manifests itself in the following manner: The animal 
suddenly trembles, remains standing for an instant 
with legs spread out, staggers, and then falls ; convul- 
sions ensue ; he kicks, rolls, and twists himself about, 
grinds his teeth, passes his clung and urine involun- 
tarily, froths at the mouth, the motions of the eye 
are spasmodic, irregular, and the respiration loud, 
painful, and sobbing. After a while he becomes 



MEGRIMS, FITS, VERTIGO, CONGESTION. 59 

quiet, breathing regular, and he gradually comes to 
himself as if coming out of a dream. The duration 
of a fit varies from a few minutes to several hours. 
The attacks return again at periods varying from a 
few days to several weeks or months, generally com- 
ing at shorter intervals. Epilepsy differs from apo- 
plexy as spasm differs from paralysis, and a little at- 
tention will not fail to distinguish them. 

The causes are deep-seated changes in the nervous 
organism, and they are rarely curable. 

Treatment. — Give, on any premonitions of an 
attack, the Specific for Convulsions, A A, at once, 
and you will usually ward it off. For an attack, put 
a few drops in the mouth as soon as you can safely 
do it, and repeat it every halt-hour or hour, until 
the paroxysm is ended. Afterwards, always give 
one dose to prevent a return. This treatment will 
sometimes avail. 

Megrims, Fits, Vertigo, Congestion. 

This is a rather frequent affection of the horse, 
and is a consequence of an undue pressure or rush 
of blood to the head, in most cases also excited by 
indigestion or over-fullness of the stomach. 

In the milder cases, the horse stops suddenly, 
shakes his head, or even staggers in evident giddi- 
ness and half-unconsciousness for a moment, and 
then goes on again as if nothing had happened. In 
more severe cases, he stops suddenly, shakes his 
head, falls or drops down, or after a few unconscious 
turns, and a violent struggle, will become insensible,, 
and then rise up and go on again ; such attacks 
closely simulate true epilepsy. 



60 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

There are symptoms which indicate such an attack, 
and are plainly referable to congestion ; such as dull- 
ness, indolence, dejection, the horse prefers the dark 
corner of the stable, his eyes are dull, look fixed and 
stupid, eyelids half-shut, inattentive to every thing, 
half-asleep as it were, head hanging or resting on 
the manger. His gait is unsteady, heavy, and slow, 
raises the feet high, and puts the entire sole to the 
ground, is awkward in turning, and can scarcely- 
back at all. As the disease progresses, he becomes 
more and more insensible ; mastication is performed 
slowly, dropping part from his mouth ; prefers tak- 
ing his food from the ground, and in drinking plunges 
his head into the water above his nostrils. Then 
there are violent moments, the animal runs on quite 
blind until some obstacle stops him; or he turns 
round, or remains tranquil, with head depressed and 
legs crowded beneath his body, without being able 
to change this unusual attitude, unless assisted to do 
so. The pulse is very slow, respiration slow, often 
sighing, tongue foul, mouth dry and clammy. 

Treatment. — In all similar cases, whether incipi- 
ent or fully developed, give first the Specific, A A, 
for Congestion, five drops, and repeat it every one, 
two, or three hours, until the animal is relieved, or 
for twelve or twenty-four hours, and then at intervals 
of say four hours, alternate it with the Specific for 
Indigestion, G G, until restored. When this doz- 
ing, stupid condition mentioned above is present, 
indicating evident congestion to the head, five drops 
of the Specific for Congestion, A A, each morning 
and noon, and the same for Indigestion, J J, at 
night, will soon restore the animal again. 



PARALYSIS INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN. 61 

Paralysis. 

Paralysis, entire or partial loss of nervous power 
over the muscles of certain parts or portions of the 
body, occasionally occurs in the horse as a conse- 
quence of mechanical injuries, severe cold, or some 
internal cause. 

When occurring in the face, the muscles of one 
side lose the power of motion; the lips hang clown, 
and seem swollen, are drawn to one side, or pulled 
upward ; food, is picked up and retained with diffi- 
culty, mastication is imperfect, and food drops readily 
from the mouth. Sometimes there is no feeling in 
the face or lips. 

When the hinder part of the body is paralyzed, 
the horse is unable to rise or stand, sits on his 
haunches like a dog, and constipation and arrest of 
urination are very apt to be present. In slighter 
cases, the hind-legs sway about clumsily, or he drags 
them after him, or even walks on his fetlocks. 

Treatment. — The first course, in case of recent 
paralysis, is to give the Specific for Congestions, 
A A, a dose every two hours, which continue one 
day ; then give the Specific, J J, for Paralysis, one 
dose every two, four, or six hours, according to cir- 
cumstances, until relieved, and then morning and 
night for a time. 

Inflammation of the Brain, Phrenitis, Mad 
Staggers. 

This disease is most frequently met with in entire 
horses, and attacks especially those that are ardent, 
in high condition, but little worked ; and it is liable 
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62 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

to be excited by a chill after being over-heated, or 
overworked in hot weather. It may also arise from 
blows or similar injuries on the head. 

Symptoms. — In some cases it comes on slowly. 
The horse is dull and sleepy ; rests his head on the 
manger, or places it against the wall or between his 
legs, and falls asleep. In this state, he will perhaps 
stagger, and almost fall to the ground ; he, however, 
wakes up, stares about him, takes a mouthful of hay, 
chews it slowly, and ere long is again dozing or fast 
asleep. The eyelids are nearly closed ; the eyes and 
nose red ; the pupils dilated ; the bowels bound, and 
pulse slower than in health. This is the congestive 
stage, and may continue until the animal recovers 
or dies ; but, in general, other symptoms appear, to 
which the name Mad Staggers may be more appro- 
priately applied. In such cases the pulse rises ; the 
breathing is quickened ; the nose and eyes are very 
red ; nostrils widened ; the eyes have a wild, fierce 
look ; the feet are stamped, as if in passion ; he 
plunges about the stall, rears upward; strikes out 
with his fore-feet, and falls backward upon the 
ground, where he lies panting and covered with 
sweat ; his eyes are thrust forward out of £heir sock- 
ets, and rattles are heard in the throat. Towards 
the end, these violent paroxysms are repeated from 
time to time, and it is very dangerous to approach 
or go near him. At last, he is so weak and pros- 
trate that he can not rise, and amidst convulsions, 
strangling, foaming at the mouth, sweating, and 
panting for breath, the animal dies. 



TETANUS, OR LOCK-JAW. 



63 



Treatment. — The treatment will not be difficult, 
or the result doubtful, during the congestive stage; 
but in the fully developed or phrenitic stage, quite 
so in both respects. The Specific for Inflammation 
and Congestion, A A, is the principal dependence, 
and a dose of five or six drops may be givgn every 
two or three hours, at first, and as the horse im- 
proves, the intervals may be somewhat prolonged. 
Continue this treatment steadily and without devia- 
tion. During the paroxysms, the medicine may be 
given, by means of a small glass syringe, or the 
Medicator used in a similar manner. After the more 
intense symptoms have passed over, some doses of 
the remedy for Indigestion, J J, alternately with 
that for Inflammation, A A, will be of value, giving 
one in the morning, and the other at night. 

Concussion of the brain, inducing symptoms and 
a condition not essentially varying from the above, 
requires the same treatment, together with such ex- 
ternal applications as the wound may require. 

Tetanus, or Lock- Jaw. 

This disease is more common in the horse than in 
other domestic animals. It consists of a muscular 
spasm of the jaw, (whence its name,) which usually 
extends to all the muscles of the body. It most fre- 
quently occurs in consequence of an injury or wound, 
such as broken knees, open joints, severe bruises, 
nicked or docked tail, castration, wounds of the 
feet, prick of a nail, or even the galling of a crupper. 
It is also caused by oold or damp, sudden arrest of 
strangles, worms, or a bad condition of the stomach. 

Symptoms. — In general it comes on very slowly, 
but also, in some cases, with great violence. The 



64 



VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOM(EOPATHY. 



muscles of the neck and jaw are first affected, so 
that the horse has great difficulty in swallowing and 
in turning his neck. The muscles then become 
quite stiff; the mouth is nearly closed ; the jaws can 
not be parted, and little or no food can be taken into 
the mouth. By degrees all the muscles become 
affected with the same stiffness and cramp ; the eyes 
are still and staring, pulled back into their sockets, 
and squinted outward, and the haw is thrust for- 
ward ; the neck can not be bent and the muscles 
feel hard and firm ; the head can not be raised or 
lowered, and is held forward with the nose stretched 
out ; the nostrils are expanded ; the ears pointed 
forward, erect, and fixed ; the lips are firmly 
stretched across the teeth, which are partly seen ; 
the slaver flows from the mouth ; the horse looks 
anxious, and can scarcely move ; the belly is hard 
and tucked up ; the tail is lifted up and held straight 
out, and in a constant tremble ; the legs are firmly 
fixed to the ground, and spread out from each 
other ; the bowels are bound, and urine passed 
with difficulty ; the breathing is quickened, labored, 
and convulsive ; the pulse is disturbed easily by 
frightening or speaking angrily to the horse, and it 
becomes afterwards weak and trembling. While 
the spasm of the muscles continue, the animal is in 
constant pain, although it is less severe at some 
times than at others. 

Treatment. — Where a wound or injury has taken 
place, and tetanus supervenes, it will be of course 
traced directly to this, and the wound should at 



TETANUS, OR LOCK-JAW. 65 

once be treated as recommended for that particular 
case. If the discharge has suddenly stopped, it 
should be reproduced by mild warm applications to 
the part, and any irritation of the wound allayed as 
soon and as far as possible. 

The horse should also be treated with the great- 
est possible kindness, not be handled roughly or 
unkindly, and as the spasms are rendered more in- 
tense or severe from fright or noise, the groom 
must not shout or speak angrily ; every thing must 
be done in the most kind and quiet manner, and no 
glare of light admitted into the stable for the same 
reason. The medicine can be given by the Medi- 
cator, thrown well back into the mouth. 

So soon as any stiffness of the jaws, or other indi- 
cation of this disease appears, give five drops of the 
Specific A A, for Convulsions, and repeat the dose 
every three hours. Should an improvement not 
take place in twenty-four hours, whether occasioned 
by an injury or otherwise, alternate the Specific for 
Paralysis, J J, with the first-named, at intervals 
of three or four hours, and continue this treatment 
perseveringly. In some cases the Specific for Pa- 
ralysis, J J, may be used to advantage from 
the first, but the two remedies will generally be 
found most successful in alternation. 

When the disease has become fully developed, or 
appears very violent, or does not promptly yield to 
the remedies, we advise the following course, from 
a full conviction that, if perseveringly followed, the 
animal may be promptly saved. 

Provide several buckets or tubs of water, as cold 
as it can be made, the colder the better, even if 
swimming in snow and ice, as the object is to re- 
duce the temperature of the animal as rapidly as 
possible. Provide conveniently also several blankets 
and parts of blankets or cloths, to wrap up the en- 



66 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

tire body, neck, and legs. These should be con- 
veniently at hand, so as to envelop the animal as 
soon as possible after having been thoroughly 
chilled. Then standing the animal where the water 
will conveniently ran off, proceed gently to pour 
the water over the animal from a pitcher, in a mo- 
derate stream. Two persons can do it best, each 
with pitchers, being constantly replenished from, 
buckets behind them, at the rate of a bucketful each 
in three or four minutes, pouring the streams from 
the top of the head, so on along down the neck and 
spine, constantly changing the direction of the 
streams, and keeping them running over the animal, 
until he is thoroughly chilled, through and through, 
mid shakes and trembles violently. This is the cri- 
terion, and the streams must be kept up until this is 
accomplished, whether it requires twenty minutes 
or two hours, or longer. 

As soon as this is accomplished, and the horse 
shakes and trembles violently, remove him to a com- 
fortable place, wipe off the superfluous water, and 
wrap him in blankets from head to heels, envelop- 
ing the neck and muzzle, body and limbs, in sev- 
eral folds, pinning them closely, and throwing an 
extra one, or buffalo-robe, over the whole, to invite 
return of warmth and perspiration. Usually, and if 
the animal has been thoroughly chilled, with return 
of warmth, perspiration will break out all over him, 
and the disease is gone. If the animal has not been 
sivfficiently chilled, only a dry heat Avill come on, 
and the spasms remain. The operation must then 
be repeated, until the result is obtained. But if the 
animal be thoroughly chilled and treated as above, 
a warm perspiration will come on, with entire relief 
of the spasm. The horse will then be well, and 
only need careful and gradual removal of the super- 
fluous covering, so as not to chill the animal again, 
or permit him to take cold. 



TETANUS, OR LOCK-JAW. 67 

During this entire process the medical treatment, 
as above mentioned, must be continued, and for 
some time after, to prevent a return. 

Food. — When the jaws are firmly set, no food 
can be given, but there are times when the spasms 
relax, and the jaws are rather wider than at other 
periods. Green food and gruel may then be offered 
to the horse. When the jaws become more open, 
he may have bran, clover, hay-tea, gruel, and such 
similar food. If the jaws can not be opened, or he 
can not swallow, meal or oatmeal-gruel may be in- 
jected, by means of a large syringe, into the fun- 
dament, and life be thus prolonged. 

Care must be taken to feed sparingly when re- 
covering, or indigestion and a fatal result may be 
the consequence. 



CHAPTER IV. 

DISEASES OF THE NOSE AND AIR- 
PASSAGES. 

Catarrh, or Cold, Influenza, Catarrhal Fever, 
Epidemic Catarrh. 

The nose and air-passages are lined with a deli- 
cate membrane, whose office it is to secrete a thin 
mucus which lubricates the parts. Under the influ- 
ence of a chill, suppressed perspiration, etc., this 
membrane becomes irritated, inflamed, and the dis- 
charge arrested, or it is thickened, increased, or va- 
riously modified. 

The Symptoms usually are, the horse is not so 
lively as usual ; he eats little or no food ; he coughs 
and sneezes ; a watery discharge flows from one or 
both nostrils, and also from the eyes, which are red 
and swelled. 

In the more severe form, there is shaking, warm 
skin, quick pulse, frequent and somewhat difficult 
breathing, sore throat, pain in the throat when 
pinched, frequent cough, rough coat, bound bowels, 
red eyes, and red and dry nose ; tears flow freely, 
and little or no food is eaten — all symptoms indicat- 
ing a catarrhal fever. As the animal improves, the 
discharge from the nose becomes white or yellowish, 
and more profuse. 



CATARRH, OR COLD, INFLUENZA, ETC. 69 

Where numerous horses are attacked about the 
same time, the symptoms assume a more severe 
form, attended with a greater degree of prostration 
than in cases of common cold, and it then merits 
the name of Influenza. The symptoms of one 
year vary from those of another, and during the 
same season all animals are not handled alike, 
though the general outline will be the same. The 
attending fever is of a low grade, comes on sud- 
denly, and soon reaches its height, and lowness of 
spirits and weakness are predominant. The symp- 
toms are often as follows : 

The horse is dull, low-spirited, and easily tired ; 
he yawns and hangs his head ; his coat stares ; sweats 
easily, and breathes quickly, when slightly worked 
or moved. He eats little or nothing. As the dis- 
ease advances, the skin is sometimes hot and again 
cold ; the mouth and tongue are dry and hot ; the 
white of the eye and nose are red ; the bowels 
bound ; urine, scanty ; the eyelids swelled, partly 
closed, tears flow down the face and fret the skin. 
The sides of the nostrils are also fretted by the acrid 
discharge from them, which is sometimes very pro- 
fuse. The throat is so much inflamed, that swal- 
lowing is attended with pain and difficulty — the 
animal " quids" his food, and splashes the water with 
his muzzle, being afraid to swallow either fluid or 
solid food. The throat is painful, hot, and swelled 
on the outside ; the glands are also swelled, hard, 
and painful, and sometimes maturate. The cough 
is frequent, sometimes coming on in fits, and breath- 



70 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOM(EOPATHY. 

in g is sometim es quite obstructed and difficult. When 
the disease has lasted some time, the dung is slimy 
and mixed with blood, and the discharge from the 
nose is sometimes bloody. 

A common cold may terminate in inflammation 
of the bronchia or lungs, by extending down- 
wards, or it may be cured and expend itself merely 
in the nose and throat. So an Influenza may extend 
and involve the pulmonary tissue, and is far more 
grave than is usually supposed. 

Treatment. — When the disease commences with 
a chill, or any considerable degree of Fever is pre- 
sent, give five drops of the Specific for Fever, A A, 
and repeat it two or three times, at intervals of 
three or four hours. Then alternate the Specific for 
Cough, E E, with the Fever medicine, at intervals 
of three or four hours, until the disease is broken 
up and the horse is well. In case of Influenza, even 
with very threatening symptoms, the Specific for 
Cough, E E, and for Fever, A A, should be given 
alternately, say every four hours, in doses of five 
drops, keeping the animal well covered and in a 
warm stable. After all the feverish symptoms have 
disappeared, only the Cough Specific, A A, will be 
required, and the intervals between the doses may 
be prolonged as the animal improves. In case the 
discharge from the nose is profuse or thick, and ex- 
coriating, one or both the above-mentioned remedies 
may be omitted, and the Specific for Distemper, 
C C, be given in stead, at the same intervals, and 
this may be continued to the conclusion of the case, 
either alone or in alternation with the Specific E E, 
for Cough. 



COUGH SPASM OF DIAPHRAGM OR MIDRIFF. 71 

Cough. 
Cough is so well known as to require no descrip- 
tion. It is in almost all cases a mere symptom of 
some disease or morbid condition of the air-pas- 
sages, such as cold, bronchitis, catarrh, or other 
more serious affection of the chest, upon the cure of 
which it disappears. In some cases, however, this 
affection is so slight as to occasion only cough as a 
symptom of its existence, and the cough may be 
said to be idiopathic. Continued cough predisposes 
to inflammation, yet some horses have a slight cough 
for years without being otherwise unwell. Other 
coughs are connected with thick wind, broken wind, 
glanders, worms, and indigestion. 

Treatment. — For all chronic coughs five drops 
of the Specific for Coughs, E E, morning and night, 
are sufficient. In more complicated or recent cases, 
the medicine may be given three or four times per 
day. 

Spasm of the Diaphragm or Midriff. 

This is a very rare disease in the horse, but may 
occur in consequence of disorders of the stomach 
and bowels, or violent exertions when the stomach 
is distended with food. 

Symptoms. — The midriff contracts with so much 
force that the whole body is shaken, and a " thump- 
ing" noise is heard at some distance ; these thumps 
are best heard when the ear is placed over the back 
at each side of the spine ; the pulse is small, 
fifty to sixty to the minute, and the breathing 
twenty to thirty ; the breath is drawn quickl; 



72 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

the lungs, and is attended with a smiling sound at 
the nose ; the sides of the nose are drawn inward, 
when the breath is inhaled. 

It differs from palpitation by the number of beats 
being different from that of the heart, by the sounds 
being heard over the back and the drawing in of the 
nostrils during inspiration. 

Treatment. — The disease will be cured by the 
Specific for Fever, A A, or by the Fever and Cough, 
E E, alternately, five drops every two or three 
hours. 

Heaves, Broken Wind, Thick "Wind, 
Whistles. 

These are merely varieties of nearly one and the 
same pathological condition, and the distinctions 
lead to no practical result in the treatment. 

Thick Wind is generally the result of an imper- 
fectly cured bronchitis or pneumonia, leaving either 
the mucous membrane of the bronchia permanently 
thickened, or some portions of the lung more or less 
solidified, thus impairing its capacity and diminish- 
ing or destroying its elasticity. Hence, the horse 
when exercised, especially up-hill, breathes short, 
hurriedly, and more laboriously than in health. This 
causes much distress, the horse expands his nostrils, 
heaves, pants, and breathes with difficulty. 

Broken Wind is the result of emphysema of the 
lungs, that is, the minute air-cells in certain portions 
of the lungs become dilated, lose their elasticity or 
power of contraction, and breaking one into another, 
form variously-sized sacks of air, the entrance to 



HEAVES, BROKEN WIND, THICK WIND", ETC 7£T 

which becomes closed, so that this air remains resi- 
dent in the lung and so far destroys Its use.. Spasm 
of the air-tubes acts in a similar manner, nence, it 
may come and go, but the former condition is more 
or less permanent. Spasm, or disease of the midriff,, 
is frequently connected with it. The usual symp- 
toms are, the flanks are slowly drawn up until they 
have a tucked- up appearance, when they suddenly 
fall down. The act of forcing the air/rom the lungs. 
is far more difficult, and requires longer time than 
to inspire it. There is also a short weak wheezing 
cough, rough dry coat ; greediness for food, yet the 
animal is thin and looks poor ; the belly is swelled 
with wind; oats often pass unchanged from the 
bowels. 

Treatment. — Some cases of broken and thick 
wind can not be cured, as they depend upon organic 
changes in the structure of the lungs, themselves 
incurable, yet all can be benefited and many are en- 
tirely cured by the persistent use of the Specific 
and proper attention to food and work. 

In all cases of this disease, of whatever variety, 
if recent or extensive, give five drops of the Heave 
Specific, E E, three times per day. In old long- 
standing cases, a dose night and morning is suffi- 
cient. 

Food. — As the animal suffers from want of space 
in the chest, so the distension of the stomach with 
an undue quantity of food tends much to increase 
the difficulty. Hence -the most condensed form of 
food is best, plenty of oats and little hay, but no 
chaff, straw, or bloating feed, water in moderate 
quantities, but never to repletion until the day's 
7 



74 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHY. 

work is over. Green food, carrots especially, are 
always useful. They are readily digested, and are 
peculiarly beneficial to the respiratory organs. On 
the contrary, bloating, flatulent, poor feed, will tend 
to induce, and may even occasion, broken wind. 
The horse should not be worked soon after a full 

meal. 

Bronchitis. 

From exposure to wet and cold ; sudden changes 
of weather; turning the horse into a cold wet 
place or bringing him from grass to a warm stable ; 
standing in a draft of cold air, or washing the warm 
sweating skin and not drying it afterwards, an in- 
flammation of the bronchial tubes and minute air- 
cells takes place, meriting the name of Bronchitis. 

Symptoms.— The disease generally begins with a 
slight cough, quick breathing, sore throat, low spir- 
its, dislike of food, slight discharge from the nos- 
trils, pain of the throat when pinched, and some dif- 
ficulty of swallowing. In some cases, it comes on 
suddenly with shaking ; the legs, ears, and muzzle 
are at one time hot and at another cold ; the skin is 
rough and staring ; the head hung down ; mouth 
hot ; the animal remains standing, and does not wish 
to move ; pulse is full and quick ; the cough short, 
frequent, and irritating ; the breathing quick and 
difficult; the eyes and nose red, and rattles are 
heard in the windpipe at the breast. A profuse dis 
charge of matter from the nostrils indicates the 
period from which improvement commences. 

Treatment.— Give the Specific for Fever, A A 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX, ETC. 75 

and that for Cough, E E, five drops alternately every 
three or four hours. Keep the animal well covered 
and protected until recovery takes place. After the 
feverish symptoms have disappeared, the Cough 
Specific, E E, may be relied upon for the perfection 
of the cure. 

Stabling and Food — In all cases of serious dis- 
ease of the air-passages, the horse should be placed 
in a large roomy stable or stall, into which the fresh 
air may freely come, but all damp draughts exclud- 
ed ; all dung, damp and dirty straw carefully re- 
moved ; spread clean straw on the floor ; blanket 
him according to the season, the state of the wea- 
ther, and skin ; hand-rub and flannel-bandage the 
legs every night and morning, or oftener if neces- 
sary. 

For food, bran mashes, gruel, and aired water 
only ; when recovering, malt or bran mashes, boiled 
oats, turnips, carrots, and green food, if in season. 

Inflammation of the Larynx; Laryngitis. 

The larynx is the upper portion of the windpipe, 
and inflammation of it sometime occurs and is very 
dangerous. It is not often unmixed, but generally 
accompanied with, or an extension of, cold or bron- 
chitis, and its causes are the same. 

It is sometimes a dangerous disease, and may 
kill by suffocation or degenerate into bronchitis or 
pneumonia. It is recognized by the difficulty of 
respiration, which is loud and heard at a distance. 

The outside of the throat is hot, painful, and 
swelled ; swallowing is sometimes difficult, and the 



<0 VETEftlHAlir SPECIFIC HOMoEOPAfHT. 

iluid returns by the nosej the breathing is short and 
difficult, and wht:n the aif is drawn into the lungs a 
rough harsh sound is heard in the larynx ; the cough, 
at first short and hard, becomes more hoarse and 
feeble, and occurs in fits, especially during an at- 
tempt to swaJtew ; the pulse is c[uick, hard, and full 
an<\ skin hot. As the disease advances, the breath- 
ing becomes more difiicult, and is attended with a 
rasping crowing sound, the neck is straightened and 
held stiffly, the head raised and larynx drawn towards 
the breast, the nostrils are widened, the nose lead- 
ooh >red, the eyes red, skin damp with sweat, tne 
pul se becomes weak and irregular, and at last from 
th( i increasing narrowness of the windpipe, the; 
ho rse actually dies for want of breath. 

Treatment.— The treatment is by no n je ans dif- 
ficult or complicated. Give the Specific A A for 
Inflammation, five drops every three hours until 
three or four doses have been given, a;nd then alter- 
nate it with the Cough Specific, E "£, at the same 
intervals until the animal is relieve^. 

Should the windpipe be very sore to the touch 
outside, it may be occasionally bathed with Pond's 
Extract with advantage. 

Sore Throat. 
This form of disease of te^n occurs in connection witb, 
or as a mere symptom of a cold or Bronchitis^ and 
only requires to be treated in connection with those 
affections. But it sometimes appears as a more iso- 
lated disease, and deserves consideration accord- 
ingly. 



NASAL GLEET. 77 

Symptoms. — The throat is quite hot, painful, 
swelled on the outside ; it is painful also internally, 
as the horse has difficulty in swallowing his food, he 
" quids " it, that is, partly chews and then drops it ; 
the glands under the jaw and below the ears are 
swelled, hard, and painful, and sometimes maturate ; 
sometimes in swallowing fluid, it returns again by the 
nose ; slaver drops from the mouth ; as the swelling 
of the inside the throat and about the top of the 
windpipe increases, the breathing becomes more and 
more difficult, and the animal at times seems nearly 
suffocated ; and there is always fever. 

Treatment. — No other medicine will be required 
internally beyond the Specific for Inflammation, 
A A, and a dose of five drops may be given every 
two or three hours until the disease has manifestly 
abated, and then at longer intervals. Bathing the 
outside of the throat with Pond's Extract will be 
of essential advantage, and will expedite the cure. 

Nasal Gleet. 

This is the term applied to an old long-standing 
running from the nose. It arises from a morbid con- 
dition of the lining membrane, is often the result of 
a badly-treated or neglected cold, especially in old 
worn-out horses, and is similar to catarrh in the hu- 
man species. Sometimes a diseased tooth in the 
upper jaw may give rise to a similar discharge, but 
this is not a true gleet. 

Symptoms. — The discharge is yellowish, or like 
cream, and in some cases greenish. It may be dis- 
charged in clots, or of some thickness, constantly 



78 VETERINARY SPECIFIC H0MCE0PATH3T. 

flowing, or snorted out in quantities ; it may come 
from both nostrils, but generally only from the left. 
The glands under the left jaw are often fixed, hard, 
and painful. The membrane of the nose has a lead 
color. The discharge may stop for a time, and then 
come on again, more profuse than before. After 
continuing a long time, the animal becomes thin and 
poor, and may finally die of glanders. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Distemper, Nasal 
Gleet, C C, should be given, a dose of five drops, 
three times per day. It will be found quite sufl&cient 
to entirely control and finally arrest it. 

Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Pleuropneumonia, 

Inflammation of the Chest. 
The pleura is the delicate serous membrane, cov- 
ering the lungs with one surface, and lining the cav- 
ity of the chest with the other. Systematic writers 
treat of the inflammation of this membrane, Pleurisy, 
and that of the substance of the lungs, Pneumonia, 
separately. But as this rarely occurs in fact, and 
leads to no practical result in the treatment, and 
indeed can be rarely detected before death, we pre- 
fer the more practical course of treating them to- 
gether. An inflammation of the lungs rarely or 
never remains so, but eventually involves the pleura 
more or less, and so an inflammation of the pleura 
always involves, more or less extensively, the pul- 
monary substance. The best name, and more com- 
mon type of the disease, is Pleuro- Pneumonia. 

Causes.— Catarrh, Influenza, Cold, or bronchial 
irritation may either of them terminate in this clis- 



PLEURISY, PNEUMONIA, ETC. 79 

ease if neglected, or from fresh exposure. A sudden 
transition from heat to cold ; change from a warm 
stable to a colder one ; neglect of the usual blanket- 
ing, or even of other comforts ; hard and long rid- 
ing against a cold wind in snowy weather, loitering 
in an exposed, bleak place, when the horse is fatigued 
and warm, without covering. It sometimes occurs 
when horses are suddenly turned out to grass, or 
when they have been taken up and turned into a 
very warm stable. Injuries, contusion, rupture, or 
great violence done to the chest, is quite sure to be 
followed by Pleurisy or Pleuro-Pneumonia. 

Symptoms. — For convenience' sake, we will indi- 
cate the symptoms of these two branches of the dis- 
ease separately. Pleurisy invariably commences 
with shaking all over, followed by a hot, dry mouth, 
white-coated tongue, red nose and eyes, low spirits, 
want of appetite, anxious look, and hard, quick, wiry 
pulse. The act of drawing the air into the lungs is 
short, and stops, or is cut off at a certain point, at 
which time the pain is felt ; the act of forcing the 
air from the lungs is full and slow. The pain is in- 
creased by coughing and taking a full breath, which 
the horse will do if suddenly moved or frightened. 
If the inflamed side is pressed upon, he gives forth 
a sound like a grunt ; the cough is short ; the horse 
remains standing ; the skin on the inflamed side is 
thrown into folds, and twitches are occasionally seen 
at the same place. The painfulness of the spaces 
between the ribs when pressed upon, is quite charac- 
teristic, and often exists to an intense degree. The 



80 VETERINARY - SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

horse shrinks from it with a low grunt, and tries to 
get away. The skin about the sides of the nostrils 
and at the ends of the mouth is wrinkled. The neck 
is lengthened, and nose thrust forward ; the horse 
stands in a crouching manner, and seems uneasy, but 
does not move. As the disease advances, the pulse 
becomes more frequent, and afterwards smaller, until 
it can scarcely be felt ; the breathing becomes quicker 
and more painful and catching, when the air is drawn 
into the lungs ; then, by degrees, no catch is seen or 
grunt heard, the twitches are not observed, cold, 
clammy sweats break out over the body, the horse 
appears dull and stupid, and death closes the scene. 

The pleura, like all serous membranes, has a strong 
tendency to effusion during an inflammatory action, 
and in the course of the disease, this effusion, con- 
sisting of yellowish serum, is exuded, in quantities 
varying from a few ounces to a bucket-full. It oc- 
curs in all severe cases, and the fluid either is again 
absorbed, if in small quantity, or is the immediate 
cause of death, if in very large quantity, or a lesser 
amount may remain for a long time, impeding respi- 
ration, and forming an empyema or dropsy of the 
chest. When it exists, the breathing is always la- 
bored, and there is oedema or tumid swelling of some 
external part, generally the abdomen, chest, or point 
of the breast. 

By listening with the ear against the chest, the 
progress of the effusion may be traced from below 
upward. Above it, will be heard the loud crackling 
respiration and grating peculiar to the disease ; be- 



PLEURISY, PNEUMONIA, ETC. 81 

low, the dullness and stillness of the lung enveloped 
in fluid, the absence of sound, marks the line of the 
accumulated fluid, its increase and dirnunition. 

In Pneumonia, the symptoms differ from Pleurisy, 
yet the difference manifests itself in this, that in 
Pleurisy there is more pain, and in Pneumonia more 
difficulty of breathing. Pneumonia is often a con- 
sequence of cold, bronchitis, or the termination of 
some disease of the air-passages, and may begin with 
symptoms of a cold — rough coat, want of appetite, 
low spirits, etc. In other cases, it begins with a 
shivering chill ; the legs, ears, and skin are cold ; the 
coat is rough ; the nose pale and dry ; quick pulse, 
which afterward becomes frequent and full ; breath- 
ing at first quick, then panting and heaving; the 
skin now becomes hot, except the legs, which remain 
very cold. This is a characteristic symptom, and 
will never deceive; the nose and eyes are red ; mouth 
hot and dry; the eyes have a yellowish color, and 
the horse looks uneasy and restlesss. 

As the disease extends, the breathing becomes 
more difficult, and is attended with heaving of the 
flanks ; the nostrils are much widened; the nose and 
head held out; the neck lengthened; the fore-legs 
are fixed in one place, and spread apart ; the nose 
and eyes have a dark blueish color ; the face looks 
anxious and disturbed ; the legs and ears are very 
cold ; the legs seem fine, and the hair upon them 
glossy ; the cough is more frequent, hard, and pain- 
ful ; the horse seems drowsy ; there is no appetite ; 
the dung is hard and covered with slime, and the 
urine high-colored and scanty. 



82 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

Iii the last stage, the pulse is small, weak, and can 
scarcely be felt ; the breathing is quicker and more 
difficult ; the breath is very hot ; the eyes and nose 
are lead-colored ; the skin is cold, and clammy sweat 
breaks out upon it here and there ; the mouth is 
cold; the tongue is coated ; the teeth are ground 
every now and then, and twitches are occasionally 
seen. The eyes become more and more heavy, 
glassy, and dim ; the strength becomes less and less ; 
the horse leans against the stall or manger, or wan- 
ders around ; he staggers and falls ; tries to rise, but 
can not ; groans, struggles, and dies. 

As an improvement takes place, the horse appears 
more natural, warmth returns to his extremities, his 
breathing is more free, pulse softer, fuller, and less 
frequent, cough easier, and he lies down quietly, 
and without uneasiness. These good symptoms 
rarely or never deceive. 

Placing the ear against the ribs, upon various parts 
of the chest, we may learn with some practice to 
distinguish the progress of inflammation. In the 
healthy lung, the air passes in with a slight rustling 
murmur, quite characteristic, and which, once heard, 
will always be recognized. As the lung becomes 
inflamed, " crepitation" takes place, and we hear a 
sound, slightly crackling, like that made by salt 
thrown into the fire, or by rubbing the hair be- 
tween the fingers close to the ear. As, by degrees, 
the lung becomes more intensely inflamed, it is more 
and more impervious to the air, until it becomes 
" hepatized " or solid, and gives no sound, and no 
resonance when percussed, or struck upon. These 



PLEURISY, PNEUMONIA, ETC. 88 

changes are interesting, and afford to the practiced 
ear clear indications of the state and progress of the 
disease. 

Prognosis. — Horses may get well in all stages of 
Pleuro-Pneumonia, except in very extensive hepati- 
zation, when, if recovery occurs at all, it will be im- 
perfect. The success has gained immensely under 
Homoeopathic and Specific treatment, and hundreds 
of cases are thus saved, which would be lost under 
the best directed old school methods, to say nothing 
of the " hotch-potch " usually employed. 

Treatment. — Give, the first twenty -four hours, 
the Specific for Inflammation, A A, a dose of five 
drops every two hours. After that, give the Spe- 
cific for Cough and Inflamed Lungs, E E, alter- 
nately with the A A, at intervals of two or three 
hours between the doses. 

Continue this treatment steadily and uniformly, 
giving no other medicine, and making no deviation. 
After a day or two, the medicines for Fever, A A, 
may be omitted entirely, and only the E E given, 
as also after the disease has turned, and during con- 
valescence. After the horse has commenced to im- 
prove, a dose of the E E, every four hours during 
the day, w T ill be sufficient to complete the cure. The 
treatment is the same whether symptoms of Pleurisy 
or Pneumonia predominate. 

Stabling and food as under Bronchitis. 
• We should bear in mind that in all severe cases 
of this disease, resolution does not take place under 
four days, and if an improvement takes place in one, 
two, or three days, we should be satisfied. Rare 
indeed will be the cases that do not terminate favor, 
ably under the Specific practice, carefully applied. 



CHAPTER V, 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 

Dentition or Difficult Teething, 
The cutting or shedding of the teeth, and espe- 
cially of the tushes, is sometimes attended with con- 
siderable disorder of the body. The animal either 
will not eat his food, or he has pain and difficulty in 
chewing it; the body grows thin; bowels are out 
of order ; humors may break out in the skin, and 
there may be cough and slight fever present. The 
gum is hot, painful, and swelled. 

Treatme:st. — Give the specific for Fever, A A, 
five drops two or three times per day. This soon 
relieves the feverish irritation, and the tooth usually 
makes its way quietly to the surface. Nicking the 
gum directly over the tooth in the form of a cross 
is sometimes beneficial. If teeth are very slow in 
coming, showing an evident deficiency of bony de- 
posit, an oyster-shell burned to lime, and broken or 
ground in his feed, will promote the growth and 
production of bone and be of service. 

Diseased or Irregular Teeth. 
Sometimes the teeth of a horse present irregular- 
ities. Some of the teeth are too long, or become 
ragged. As a consequence, the tongue or cheeks are 
wounded, and the horse eats imperfectly, has pain, 



LAMPAS. 85 

drops or " quids " his food. Whenever this condition 
is found, if the difficulty does not mend itself, the 
long teeth should be extracted if loose, or filed 
down, and the points of the ragged teeth smoothed 
off. 

Decayed teeth produce similar symptoms. In 
addition, a bad smell exudes from the mouth; 
stringy slaver flows away in large quantities, and 
the eyes may be inflamed. If allowed to remain, 
the fang may become diseased, the socket and gum 
inflame, an abscess form, and a portion of the jaw- 
bone die. If in the upper jaw, the matter may 
burst into the nose and be discharged. It is of bad 
smell and color, and has been mistaken for nasal 
gleet or glanders. 

Treatment. — Draw out the diseased tooth, and 
give the specific for Inflammation, A A, and that 
for Nasal Discharges, C C, alternately, morning 
and night, a dose of four or five drops. 

Lampas. 

Occasionally the bars of the mouth swell and rise 
to a level with, and even beyond, the teeth, occa- 
sioning soreness, pain, and difficulty of eating. It is 
most common in young horses, in connection with 
the cutting and shedding of teeth, from congestion 
and the extension of the inflammation of the gums 
during this process. It also occurs in old horses, 
for the growth of teeth in horses continues during 
life. Derangement of stomach, or worms, is some- 
times connected with it. 

Treatment. — The Fever Specific, A A, may 
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86 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

be required two or three times per day ; a dose of 
five drops. This will soon relieve the irritation and 
swelling. Should there be any derangement of the 
digestive organs, a dose or two of the Specific for 
Indigestion, J J, will promptly relieve not only the 
derangement of the stomach, but the Lampas also. 

The searing of the bars with a hot iron, as is 
sometimes practiced, can not be too strongly con- 
demned. It tortures the horse to no purpose, ren- 
ders the mouth callous, and destroys the delicacy 
and sensibility of a part upon which all the pleasure 
of driving and riding consists. 

Crib-Biting. 
Much has been written upon crib-biting. It is 
generally regarded as a vicious habit, but is, we 
think, connected more or less intimately with a mor- 
bid condition of the digestive organs. The horse 
stands with his neck bent, lays hold of the manger 
with his teeth, and violently sucks in wind, and then 
again with a grunt belches it out. It frequently oc- 
curs when eating, and the food and a large amount 
of saliva is either again thrown into the manger or 
upon the ground. The habit is very inveterate, and 
said also to be taken or imitated by one horse from 
another. Wind-sucking is a variety of the sam e 
thing. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Indigestion, J J, 
should be given daily five drops, or morning and 
night. Omit for a few days, and then go on again, 
one dose daily. In many cases the disease or habit 
may be cured entirely — in all, benefited. 



LOSS OF APPETITE, INDIGESTION. 87 

Loss of Appetite. 
Loss of appetite or diminished appetite is but a 
mere symptom of some more general affection. It 
is a symptom of almost every disease, and especially 
of every morbid condition of the digestive organs. 
There are cases, however, in which this seems the 
most prominent symptom ; the animal appears well 
in every other respect save that he does not eat. 
The teeth should be examined, and, if needful, cor- 
rected. "We should see also if the throat is sore. 
In general, it will be found connected with a morbid 
or unhealthy condition of the digestive organs, and 
will yield to a few doses of the Specific for Indiges- 
tion, J J, five drops morning and night. 

Indigestion. 

In consequence of over-feeding, bad food, sud- 
denly changing the kind of food, working the horse 
too soon after eating, too much food, or bad and 
uneven teeth, which prevent the horse from chewing 
his food well, the following condition presents itself: 

Symptoms. — The skin has the condition known as 
hidebound ; the horse sweats easily ; he fa weak, and 
can not work so long or with so much spirit as in 
health ; he is thin and does not fatten ; his tongue 
is foul ; mouth slimy ; the dung is dry, mixed with 
undigested oats, or it is slimy or bad-smelling ; the 
water is variable, scanty and thick, or clear and 
abundant, and there is a short, frequent cough. 
Sometimes he eats very greedily, and at others will 
eat nothing placed before him, or will take one kind 



88 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

of food and leave another, or he likes dirty straw as 
his bedding better than the best oats or hay, or, in 
some instances, his morbid appetite leads him to lick 
the wall or eat plaster from it. 

Treatment. — Correct the feeding. Give not too 
much, and only that most acceptable at first. Give 
four or five drops of the Specific for Indigestion, 
J J, morning and night. Should any roughness of 
coat remain, a few doses of the specific for Erup- 
tions, 1 1, will soon correct it. 

Stomach-Staggers. " 
The cause of this condition is excessive repletion 
and distention of the stomach with undigested food. 
It occurs also from weakness of the stomach, bad 
condition, old age, eating too much dry food after 
long fasting, violent or hard work immediately after 
a full meal. These causes prevent the digestion and 
passage of the food, and, as a result, congestion to 
the brain and staggers. 

Symptoms — Are similar to those of mad staggers 
at the commencement, and are principally known 
from each other by the manner in which the disease 
comes on. *The horse is found dull and sleepy ; per- 
haps still eating slowly and carelessly ; or he is fast 
asleep, the head upon the manger, or against the 
wall, or between his legs; the breathing is slow and 
labored ; the pulse slower than in health ; the eyes 
closed or nearly so ; slight convulsions occur ; the 
nose and eyes look yellow ; he will sometimes paw 
on the ground, look round to his flanks, or lie down 
and roll, showing that he is griped and uneasy. All 



colic. 89 

these symptoms become worse by degrees until the 
animal dies. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Indigestion, 
J J, every two hours five drops, and continue this 
treatment until relief. But if the staggers increase 
or show more tendency to engorgement of the brain, 
the specific for Staggers, A A, should be alternated 
with that first mentioned, and the two may be con- 
tinued in this manner until relief is obtained. If the 
dung should be dry, scanty, or suppressed, large 
and frequent injections of tepid water will be of 
great value. 

Colic. 

This is one of the most common diseases of the 
horse. The passage of food along the bowels is ef 
fected by the alternate contraction and relaxation of 
the muscular coat of the intestines. Hence it is easy 
to perceive that flatulent or irritating food, food in 
too large quantities, large quantities of green food 
that produces much gas, masses of hard, dry dung, 
or sudden chill upon the warm skin, all may produce 
irregular contractions of the intestine, and hence 
produce pain and colic. Tumors, worms, and 
stones also produce the same result. 

Symptoms. — In colic the attack begins suddenly. 
The animal is uneasy ; he shifts his position, paws or 
stamps the ground, kicks his belly with his hind 
feet, looks frequently at his flanks, groans, falls upon 
the ground and rolls about violently, or lies on his 
back, in which posture he remains for a short time 
seemingly quiet and free from pain. Soon, however, 
the pain comes on again, even with symptoms of 



90 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

greater intensity than before. He throws himself 
wildly about, careless of the injuries he receives 
during these moments of agony and tossing. He 
grinds his teeth, bites the manger, and looks towards 
his flanks with a wild, anxious expression. If he 
improves, the paroxysms become less frequent and 
less violent, and free intervals longer, until entire re- 
lief; or if worse, the pain becomes more and more 
intense, paroxysms more frequent until there is no 
free interval ; inflammation results, the ears and legs 
become cold, pulse small and wiry, and the animal 
dies from the result of the inflammation. 

Many of the symptoms of colic are similar to those 
of inflammation of the bowels, and as the latter is by 
far the most formidable disease, we will endeavor 
to distinguish them, so as to avoid mistakes. 

The attack of colic is sudden, while that of in- 
flammation is gradual. In colic, the pulse is rarely 
quickened and never early in the disease, while in 
inflammation it is very quick and small. 

In colic, the legs and ears are of the natural tem- 
perature. In inflammation, they are cold. In colic, 
there is relief from rubbing the bowels and from 
motion. In inflammation the bowels are very tender, 
and motion vastly augments the pain. In colic, there 
are intervals of rest, while in inflammation there is 
constant pain. In colic, the strength is scarcely af- 
fected, while in inflammation there is great and 
rapidly increasing weakness. 

Attention to these peculiarities will enable one to 
distinguish between the two diseases, and to avoid 
error in the treatment. 



TYMPANITIS, DRUM-BELLY OR WIND-COLIC. 91 

Treatment. — We have in the Specific for Colic, 
F F, a remedy which rarely fails to arrest this dis- 
ease. Give five drops on the tongue, and repeat 
the doses every half or even quarter of an hour 
until relieved, omitting the medicine altogether, or 
giving it at longer intervals as soon as amendment 
is perceived. 

If the attack has clearly been occasioned by an 
overfeed, or by bad, heavy, indigestible food, it will 
be best to alternate the Specific for Indigestion, 
J J, with that for Colic, at the intervals directed. 

So, if at the commencement or during the prog- 
ress of the disease, fever or inflammatory symptoms 
should exist, then alternate the Fever Specific, 
A A, with that for colic at the intervals mentioned. 

Should there be suspicion that Bots or Worms 
are an exciting cause, the Worm Specific, D D, 
may be alternated with that for colic, five drops 
every half-hour or hour. 

N. B. — In cases of colic the greatest danger and 
the worst possible fault is injudicious haste and giv- 
ing too many and improper things. Thousands of 
horses are killed by the drugs given to cure colic 
where one dies of the disease itself. Give only the 
Specific Remedies, and at the directed intervals, 
however urgent the case may appear. 

Tympanitis, Drum-Belly or Wind-Colic. 

This is merely a form of colic characterized by an 
enormous production of flatulence. The pain is 
sharper, the animal more furious and violent than in 
ordinary colic ; the belly on both sides is more or 
less swelled with wind ; there are rumbling noises 



92 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

and frequent discharge of wind. It is usually the 
result of eating or gorging with green flatulent food. 

Treatment. — Give five drops of the Specific for 
Colic, F F, every half-hour, or even more frequently 
if the case is very urgent. It will soon be relieved. 

Enteritis, Inflammation of the Bowels, 
Red Colic. 

There are two varieties of this disease, one in 
which the external coats of the intestines are in- 
flamed, and attended with constipation; and the 
other, in which there is irritation of the internal 
mucous surface of the intestines, and attended with 
purging. 

The most frequent cause is sudden cold upon a 
warm, perspiring skin, or even cold drink, when 
very hot; over-fed horses, subject to long and severe 
exercise, are most liable to it ; stones and hard dung 
in the bowels; and especially colic badly treated, 
and drugged with all sorts of medicines, often ter- 
minates in Inflammation of the Bowels. 

Symptoms. — The disease begins, in most cases, 
with dullness, heavy eyes ; staring coat ; restlessness 
and moving about from one place to another; the 
pulse and breathing are both quickened ; no appe- 
tite. Some cases begin with colic, others with shiv- 
ering. The animal paws, kicks, and rolls about in 
the most violent manner at first ; often strains and 
tries to pass water, but either none or only a few 
drops come away; the pain is most intense, and does 
not cease for an instant, and is increased by pressure 



ENTERITIS, INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 93 

and moving about ; the belly is hot, tucked up, and 
hard, unless there is wind in the bowels, when it will 
be more or less swelled ; the bowels are very costive, 
though small, hard, dry masses may be passed, ex- 
cept in cases where the internal surface, or mucus 
membrane, is the seat of disease, in which case, small 
purging or bloody stools are frequently passed ; the 
legs and ears are intensely cold ; the pulse small and 
hard ; and sweat in the latter stages breaks out all 
over. Still further on, the pulse becomes smaller 
and weaker, until it can scarcely be felt ; the breath- 
ing is quick, irregular, and attended with sighs ; the 
skin is covered with a cold clammy sweat; the eyes 
seem to have lost their power of seeing, he becomes 
very weak, and trembles all over ; convulsions come 
on, and death soon follows. 

Consider carefully the distinctions between Colic 
and Inflammation, as given under the article on 
Colic. 

Treatment. — As early as possible, give the Spe- 
cific for Inflammation, A A, five drops, and repeat 
the dose every half-hour. After the animal is 
somewhat relieved, continue the medicine at longer 
intervals. If not better in two hours, the Spe- 
cific for Colic, F F, may be alternated with that 
for Inflammation, at the intervals mentioned. This 
will be especially indicated if there should be fre- 
quent small purging stools, blood-stained or other- 
wise. After the inflammatory symptoms have sub- 
sided, a dose or two of the Specific J J, for Indi- 
gestion, will complete the cure. 

N. B. — As constipation exists in inflammation of 
the bowels, many persons suppose it to be the cause 



94 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

of the disease, and resort to the most desperate 
means to remove it. This is all wrong. Remove 
the inflammation, and the bowels will then move of 
themselves, while the balls and cathartics adminis- 
tered during the inflammation will only increase the 
difficulty, and even prevent the possibility of a cure. 

Peritonitis, Inflammation of the Peritenenm. 

The delicate membrane lining the abdominal cavity, 
and covering the parts within it, is termed the peri- 
teneum, and is occasionally the subject of inflamma- 
tion. 

It not unfrequently follows the gelding of the 
horse, especially if he is too soon afterwards turned 
out to grass, or during cold and wet weather. Ex- 
posure to cold, standing in drafts, or drinking cold 
water, may produce it ; and it follows a stab in the 
belly or a rupture of some of the viscera, and the 
flow of the contents into the abdomen. 

Symptoms. — A few days after cutting the colt, the 
yard and sheath will be found swelled and painful ; 
little or no matter flows from the cut ; the animal is 
restless and uneasy ; the belly is painful when pressed 
against, and swelled with watery fluid ; the legs are 
cold; the bowels bound; skin is rough and dry; no 
food is eaten ; if loose, he rests his hind-quarters on 
the side of the stall ; the swelling in the breast, legs, 
and sheath increases ; the breathing becomes quick 
and painful ; the pulse hard, quick, and ,by degrees 
small and weak. These gradually become worse, 
until the animal dies. 



DIARRHEA, PURGING, SCOURING, LOOSENESS. 95 

There is a slow form of this disease, as follows : 
poor appetite ; low spirits ; uneasiness ; occasional 
pawing the ground ; looking at the belly and groan- 
ing; belly painful when pressed upon, and tucked 
up ; quick breathing ; small, weak pulse ; bound 
bowels ; awkward way of walking with the hind- 
legs ; mouth dry and bad smelling ; body thin ; coat 
staring and unthrifty ; urine scanty ; weakness. As 
the disease advances, the abdomen fills with a watery 
fluid, and the disease terminates as dropsy. 

Treatment. — From the commencement, the Spe- 
cific for Inflammation, A A, is the most important 
remedy, and may be given, five drops every half- 
hour or hour, during the more urgent symptoms, 
and then at longer intervals for the acute form. 

If there should be purging, alternate the Specific 
for Dysentery, F F, with that for Inflammation, 
A A, at intervals of an hour, and then less fre- 
quently as the disease improves. 

In the slow form of the disease, the alternate use 
of the Specific for Indigestion, J J, and that for 
Colic, F F, three or four times per day, will be found 
most effectual in preventing a termination in dropsy, 
and in restoring the animal. 

Diarrhea, Purging, Scouring, Looseness. 

Green food ; new hay ; worms ; excess of bile ; 
cold air or water ; quick work, after much eating or 
drinking, may produce diarrhea. So does aloes, or 
other purges, which iriay even kill a horse. 

Symptoms. — Frequent and abundant discharges 
of slime, and dung mixed with slime ; pain in the 
bowels, causing the horse to paw and stamp, look at 



96 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

his sides, and roll about violently; his face is anxious; 
cold sweat breaks out ; his legs and ears are cold ; 
the pulse becomes small and weak ; the breathing 
becomes quickened ; body wastes rapidly and alarm- 
ingly, and no food is taken. Death, at times, occurs 
from sheer exhaustion. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Diarrhea, 
F F, five drops, three or four times per day. It will 
generally promptly relieve. In some cases, a dose 
of the Specific for Indigestion, J J, will be of value. 

Dysentery, Flux. 

Dysentery is most liable to occur in horses in good 
condition, and is caused by change of food, and 
overwork, or sudden exposure to cold and wet. 

Symptoms. — There are frequent passages of slimy, 
bad-smelling, fatty matter, like "molten grease," 
which is more or less mixed or stained with blood. 
This is passed off with much straining and effort, and 
with frequent unsuccessful straining or attempts to 
effect a passage. The mouth is hot and dry, the legs 
cold, and breathing quick, no food is taken, the pulse 
is small and weak, there is great thirst, and the horse 
becomes thin and weak. Not unfrequently, in strain- 
ing, the gut is thrust out of the fundament. 

Treatment, — Should there be considerable heat 
and fever, it will be as well, or better, to give a few 
doses of the Specific for Fever, A A, at intervals of 
an hour or two. 

Then give the Specific for Dysentery, F F, a 
dose of five drops, every two hours, until relieved. 
The persevering use of the remedy will cure all cases. 



JAUNDICE, YELLOWS, DISEASED LIVER. 97 

Jaundice, Yellows, Diseased Liver. 

Young horses rarely have diseased livers, but at 
the age of eight or nine years, the disease is more 
common, and, in some cases, quite suddenly, the 
covering of the liver gives way, and symptoms of 
fatal peritonitis appear. 

Symptoms. — Jaundice, or Yellows, is more fre- 
quent, and is marked thus. The animal is dull, 
sleepy, and unwilling to move ; he eats little or noth- 
ing ; the coat stares ; the urine is scanty ; the dung 
dark-colored and in lumps. The nose, tongue, eyes, 
and mouth become yellow, from the abundance of 
bile in the blood. The dung becomes mixed with 
bile, and covered with slime ; the urine is very thick, 
dark-colored, and full of bile. The right side is 
painful when pressed against, and the horse looks 
towards it ; he may be lame in the right fore-leg, or 
paw the ground with it. These symptoms may in- 
crease, and cough, quick breathing, and full, quick 
pulse, be added, which afterwards becomes quite 
weak and slow, and the legs very cold. He then 
becomes more and more dull, stupid, and sleepy, 
staggers, falls to the ground, and dies. 

Treatment. — Rarely will any thing more be re- 
quired than the Specific for Jaundice, J J, of which 
a dose of five drops may be given, three times per 
day. 

Should there be heat, fever, or inflammatory 

symptoms, a few doses of the Fever Specific, A A, 

will be proper, not merely for the heat and fever, 

but for the obstruction of the liver as well. In se- 

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98 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

vere cases, these two remedies may be alternated 
with the most brilliant success. Give five drops 
every four hours, alternately. 

Costiveness, Bound Bowels. 
This is usually a mere symptom of some other dis- 
ease, upon the removal of which the costiveness dis- 
appears. But, sometimes, in consequence of dry 
food, deficient action of the liver, want of exercise, 
or a paralytic condition of the digestive organs, it 
may require attention. 

Treatment. — The animal should have regular ex- 
ercise, green food, or bran-mashes night and morn- 
ing, with but little oats, heating or dry food. Give, 
night and morning, five drops of the Specific for 
Indigestion, J J, and the condition will soon be 
corrected. 

Bots and Worrns. 

Bots, in the horse, like worms in the human sys- 
tem, have usually a great many sins to answer for, 
which are really chargeable elsewhere. It is a prin- 
ciple in the economy of nature, that one animal 
should feed upon or live within another, and hence 
every animal, and almost every organ also, has its 
peculiar parasite or inhabitant. Such parasites are 
rarely injurious. In an unhealthy condition of the 
system, they may unduly accumulate, and occasion 
some inconvenience, but they never feed upon the 
surface to which they are attached, but only upon 
the contents of the organs in which they exist. 

The history of the bot, the most formidable of 
horse parasites, is as follows. Towards the close of 



BOTS AND WORMS. 99 

autumn, the female gad-fly, (octrus equi,) fixes its 
eggs upon the hair of the horse's legs, by means of 
a sticky substance, exuded with the egg. By means 
of the horse's tongue and lips, these eggs are carried 
to the mouth, and so on down to the stomach, where 
the eggs, farther developed in the form of grubs, 
are attached, by means of their hooks, to the sides 
of the organ, while their heads remain floating in its 
fluids, upon which it feeds. Having arrived at ma- 
turity, they are separated, pass along the intestines, 
and are expelled with the dung, after which they 
again burst the shell, and rise in the summer in the 
form of the gad-fly. 

Symptoms. — Some horses are supposed to suffer 
much from bots, while others, in the most perfect 
health, have an abundance of them. Often there 
are no symptoms to indicate their presence, but gen- 
erally, when in great numbers, the horse loses flesh 
and strength, until he becomes a skeleton, and can 
scarcely move about ; he has turns of griping pains 
in the belly; eats and drinks greedily; the oats 
pass off undigested, and the dung has a bad smell. 
The only sure criterion of the existence of bots or 
worms is their presence, hanging about the anus, or 
mixed with the dung of the animal. 

There are also the long round worm, similar to 
the common earth-worm, and the small pinicorm, 
half an inch or more in length, which often cause 
itching and uneasiness at the anus. 

Treatment. — To eradicate worms or bots from 
the system, give five drops of the Worm Specific, 



100 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

D D, each night and morning, with regular and 
healthy feed, and the worm symptoms will soon dis- 
appear. 

For Colic or belly-ache, when supposed to be from 
bots, give three or five drops of the Specific for 
Bots, D D, alternately with that for Fever, A A, 
every half-hour or hour, according to the urgency 
of the case, A few doses will usually relieve. 



CHAPTER VI. 
DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGAN. 

Nephritis, Inflammation of the Kidneys. 

The Kidneys are not unfrequently the subject of 
inflammation in the horse. It may be induced by 
powerful or repeated diuretics, such as saltpeter, 
which is a most dangerous medicine ; or from hard 
and long riding by a heavy rider, or heavy weights ; 
or by leaping or being suddenly pulled up on his 
hauches, the inflammation being propagated from 
the lumbar muscles to the kidneys ; or by exposure 
to cold and wet, by rain dripping upon his loins dur- 
ing exercise, and especially if these organs have been 
previously weakened. 

Symptoms. — The early symptoms are those of 
fever, the pulse full, hard, and quickened, afterward 
becomes small and weak ; the horse looks around 
anxiously at his flanks; stands with his hind-legs 
wide apart ; is unwilling to lie down ; straddles as 
he walks ; expresses pain in turning ; the back is 
somewhat arched ; he shrinks when the loins are 
pressed upon, and there is some degree of heat felt 
there. The urine is voided in small quantities ; fre- 
quently is high-colored, and sometimes bloody ; and 
there is frequent and often violent effort and strain- 
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102 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPAT-HY. 

ing, but the discharge is very small, sometimes sup- 
pressed. 

Treatment. — Give five drops of the Specific for 
Inflamed Kidneys, H H, and repeat every two 
hours. 

Should there be very high fever, great heat, etc., 
the Specific for Inflammation, A A, may be alter- 
nated with it, but in general the first-named Specific 
will be quite sufficient, and should be continued at 
prolonged intervals to entire recovery. 

Cistitis, Inflammation of the Bladder. 
This disease is usually the result of giving diure- 
tics, saltpeter, cantharides, or similar irritating medi- 
cines. It may also be the effect of a cold and expo- 
sure, or of a stone in the bladder, and the disease 
may occupy the neck of the bladder, or the organ 
itself. The symptoms are similar to that of Inflam- 
mation of the kidneys ; the horse makes frequent 
and painful attempt to stale, but passing only a few 
drops of water at a time. The bladder can not re- 
tain any urine from its excessive irritability, so that 
the attempt to void it is constantly going on. The 
urine may be clear, or mixed with mucus, or stained 
with blood. 

The Treatment is the same as for Inflammation 
of the Kidneys, the Specific for that disease being 
given every two hours, or less frequently, according 
to the urgency of the case. In some cases, the Spe- 
cific for Inflammation may be given, but, in general, 
the remedy first mentioned will be found every way 
efficient and available. 



HEMATURIA, OR BLOODY URINE, ETC. 103 

Hematuria, or Bloody Urine. 

This is usually a mere symptom of some other 
disease. Blows, or a violent strain of the loins ; 
some kinds of irritating plants ; stones in the kidneys 
or bladder ; ulceration of the bladder ; Spanish flies, 
given internally or administered as a blister — may 
either of them produce bloody urine as a symptom. 

The symptoms are : discharge of urine, mixed, 
more or less, with blood, or containing clots. When 
the blood is caused by some disease of the kidney, 
there is usually pain in w r alking, straddling of the 
hind-legs, and an awkward way of walking. If the 
blood comes from the kidneys, it will be intimately 
mixed with the urine, but if from the bladder, it 
will pass off with the last of the urine rather than 
the first. 

Treatment. — Five drops of the Specific for 
Urinary Diseases, H H, given morning and night, 
will generally promptly relieve. If dependent upon 
organic disease, more time may be required, but the 
remedy is the same. 

Retention of Urine. 

From holding the urine too long ; cramp or spasm 
of the neck of the bladder ; stone in the bladder, or 
other disease, which prevents the bladder contracting 
upon its contents, there may be retention, and the 
animal unable to void his urine. 

The symptoms are .similar to those in colic, but 
characterized, however, by the horse putting himself 
in the attitude of staling, and straining with great 
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104 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

or very little, being discharged. This symptom may 
be present in cases of gripes, the bladder acting in 
sympathy with the cramped intestine. All doubt 
may be removed by inserting the hand into the rec- 
tum, when the bladder, if full, will be found large, 
tense, and full of water. 

Treatment. — A few doses of the Specific for Sup- 
pressed Urination, H H, given at intervals of two 
or three hours, will not fail to relax the spasm and 
afford entire relief. 

"When it is the result of a stone in the bladder, the 
movements of the horse may for a time dislodge it, 
but an entire cure will only be effected by an opera- 
tion, for which a veterinary surgeon must be con- 
sulted. 

Scanty Urine. 

This is a mere symptom of some other disease, 
fever, inflammation, or other morbid condition, or 
may occur naturally, if there is diarrhea, loose bowels, 
or purging, and always occurs in warm weather, 
when a horse is severely worked, from the large 
quantity of fluid exhaled from the skin and lungs. 

A few doses of the Specific for Scanty Urination, 
H H, will soon correct the condition, so far as the 
health of the animal requires. The Specific for In- 
digestion, J J, is likewise efficient. 

Diuresis, Too Profuse Staling. 

In consequence of bad food, such as kiln-dried 
oats, mow-burnt hay, or of such medicines as nitre 
or other diuretics, a horse may have an excessive 
flow of urine. 

The symptoms are then as follows : the horse does 



DIURESIS, TOO PROFUSE STALING. 105 

not eat much, sweats easily, is soon tired, the bowels 
are costive, skin dry, and coat rough, tongue white, 
and there is great thirst. The water is quite clear 
and milky, passed often, and in large quantities. As 
the disease advances, the horse eats nothing, he gets 
thinner and weaker every day, the dung is hard, 
lumpy, and covered with slime, the hair stands on 
end, and the flow of urine becomes enormous. If 
not cured, death soon ensues. 

Treatment. — The food must be changed, and 
none but the best given. Change of food is always 
of service under such circumstances. 

Give five drops of the Specific, J J, for Indi- 
gestion, five times per day. This will usually be 
efficient ; if it fails, you may try Phosphoric Acid, 
third attenuation, the same dose, three times per 
day. 



CHAPTER VII. 
DISEASES OF THE FEET AND LEGS. 

Founder, Laminitis, Inflammation of the 
Feet. 

This is one of the most frequent diseases of the 
horse, and one in which the resources of the Ho- 
moeopathic art are very efficient. The sensible la- 
mina or fleshy plates on the front and sides of the 
coffin-bone, are,' like all other vascular structures, 
very liable to inflammation, particularly from vio- 
lence or long-continued action of the part. Hence, 
standing long in one position, as in voyages; batter- 
ing or bruising the feet, in severe or long journeys ; 
sudden changes from heat to cold, or from cold to 
heat, acting directly on the feet ; standing in snow 
or cold water after a journey ; are among the more 
common causes of this disease. It sometimes occurs 
as a mere transition of disease from some other part, 
and very frequently from excess of food or indiges- 
tible food, or food iche?i heated. 

Symptoms. — The disease generally begins with a 
shivering, shaking chill; the flanks heave ; the breath- 
ing becomes quick and labored ; the pulse full and 
frequent ; the horse shifts his feet from one place to 
another, lies down and rises frequently, but does not 
paw the ground nor kick his belly ; he will some- 



FOUNDER, LAMINITIS. 107 

times place his lips on the fevered feet, as if to tell 
where his pain is ; he places his hind-legs under him, 
as if to take the weight of his body from the fore- 
feet ; he moans or groans from the severity of the 
pain, and at last lies down, unable to stand upon the 
inflamed feet. The feet are intensely hot and pain- 
ful. If one foot is taken up, he can scarcely stand 
upon the other, and may tumble down. He does 
not like to get up from the ground, and is moved 
with difficulty from one place to another. If the 
disease be not arrested, matter may form inside the 
hoof, which is then thrown off. 

The disease may exist in a more chronic form, 
coming on by degrees, and eventually resulting in 
the ruin of the horse. 

It is more common to see it in a milder form than 
the first-mentioned, presenting the following symp- 
toms : the horse is feverish, out of spirits, refuses to 
eat, can not raise his limbs without evincing pain, 
trails his feet along with difficulty, can not readily 
be made to go forward, or backward scarcely at all. 
In the stable, horses bring the four feet together, 
and there is no little difficulty in making them relin- 
quish this attitude. 

Treatment. — In the more severe cases, the shoes 
should be removed from the feet, and the hoof pared 
down, until the horn yields to the pressure of the 
thumb. Give the horse rest, and allow him to lie ; 
wrap the hoofs in clotns soaked in water, and renew 
them from time to time. If the disease is from the 
feet having been battered, bathing them with Pond's 
Extract or Arnica will be of great value. In some 



108 VETERINARY SPECIFIC K0MO30PATHY. 

cases, a cold poultice, made of mashed turnips or 
carrots, is of excellent service. 

The remedy for all forms of this disease, is the 
Specific for Founder, B B, of which a dose of live 
drops may be given, every three or four hours, in 
acute cases, with the best possible effect. Should 
there be quite high fever, the horse down, or scarcely 
able to move, the Specific for Fever, A A, may be 
alternated with that for Founder, B B, as often as 
every two hours, and after the force of the disease 
has abated, the Specific B B may be continued alone 
at increasing intervals, until entire restoration. 

When the disease is clearly traceable to over-feed- 
ing, the Specific for Founder, B B, and that for 
Indigestion, J J, may be alternated from the first, 
every three or four hours. 

In case of chronic Founder, the Specific for Foun- 
der, B B, should be given, a dose of five drops each 
morning and night, and the treatment continued for 
some time. An occasional dose of the Specific for 
Indigestion, J J, will be useful as a constitutional 
intercurrent remedy. 

Navicular Joint Disease. 

This disease is far more frequent than is usually 
supposed, and many horses are ruined by it, the 
lameness being generally referred to the shoulder or 
some other part not at all in fault. 

Behind and beneath the lower pastern-bone in 
the heel of the horse, and behind and above the 
heel of the coffin-bone, is a small bone called the na- 
vicular, or shuttle-bone. It is so placed as to 
strengthen the union between the lower pastern 
and coffin-bone, and to enable the flexor ten- 
don which passes over it, to be inserted into the 



NAVICULAR JOINT DISEASE. 109 

bottom of the coffin-bone, to act with more advan- 
tage. It thus forms a kind of joint with that ten- 
don. There is a great deal of weight thrown on. 
this bone and from this navicular bone on the ten- 
don, and there is considerable motion or play be- 
tween them in the bending and extension of the 
pasterns. 

It is easy to conceive, that from sudden concussion 
or from rapid and over-strained motion, and at a 
time when, from rest and relaxation, the parts have 
not adapted themselves to the violent motion re- 
quired, there may be excessive play between the 
bone and tendon, and the delicate membrane which 
covers the bone or the cartilage of the bone, may 
become bruised and inflamed and destroyed ; and 
that all the painful effects of an inflamed and open 
joint may result, and the horse be incurably lame. 
^Numerous dissections have shown that this joint 
thus formed by the tendon and bone, has been the 
frequent and almost invariable seat of these obscure 
lamenesses. The membrane covering the cartilage 
becomes inflamed and ulcerated ; the cartilage 
itself is ulcerated and eaten away, the bone has 
become carious, and bony adhesions have taken 
place between the navicular and pastern and coffin- 
bones, and this part of the foot has become com- 
pletely disorganized and useless. 

Symptoms. — The degree of lameness is various ; 

the horse may show lameness the first hundred 

steps, or the first mile or two, and then less or 

scarcely at all ; he is inclined to " point " or keep 

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110 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

the affected foot in advance of the other when 
standing ; he may show lameness on stone or pave- 
ment and not on turf or ground ; if both feet are 
badly affected, the horse favors his heels, has short 
action, and wears away the toes of his shoes, leav- 
ing the heels undiminished in thickness ; the hind- 
feet may be kept well under him to diminish the 
pressure upon the fore-feet ; in the stable, he is 
mostly lying down ; heat of the foot and heel, es- 
pecially the heel. 

Treatment. — In the earlier stages when there 
exists only irritation and inflammation, and no 
changes of structure or disorganizations have yet 
occurred, the Specific for Spavin, B B, together 
with cold fermentations kept to the foot, will be 
found sufficient. Give a dose of five drops three or 
four times per day. 

In the more extreme or advanced cases, the sole 
should be pared down and the quarters rasped, and 
shoe worn without nails on the inner quarter, to un- 
bind as far as possible, the imprisoned bone, and the 
foot kept in a bran poultice until the heat is allayed, 
then substitute this for the cold formentation, 
keeping up the use of the specific medicine, B B, as 
above indicated. These will be successful m all 
common cases. 

Sand Crack. 

This is a separation of the fibers of the hoof from 
above downward — rarely crosswise. The best 
treatment is to drill two holes through each side of 
the crack and then pass copper or iron wire through 
them. Both ends of the wire are then to be drawn 
and clinched down and fastened in the same way as 
the nails in shoeing. The crack itself is then to be 



CORNS. Ill 

filled with cobbler's wax after having been thoroughly 
cleaned out. 

Give also daily five drops of the Specific 1 1, for 
Ulcers. 

Corns. 

A corn is a bruise upon the sole of the foot at the 
angle between the wall and the bar, and has this 
resemblance to the corn in the human subject, that 
it is produced by pressure and results in lameness. 
It may be caused by contracted feet ; cutting away 
the bars ; too thick -heeled shoes or weak flat feet ; 
dirt getting between the shoe and heel of the foot ; 
or from not having the foot sufficiently pared out. 

Symptoms. — The pressure arising from these 
causes bursts the blood-vessels under the horn, so 
that the angle of the foot has a blood-red appear- 
ance, and feels softer than other portions of the 
! horn ; the place is painful, and, when pressed upon, 
the animal flinches, and there is more or less lame- 
ness. In some cases, matter will form, and unless a 
vent be made as early as possible, it will under-run 
the sole, or appear at the coronet and form a 
quittor. 

Treatment. — The heel must be well pared out, 
and all dirt removed. Then apply Tincture of Ar- 
nica upon a bit of cotton, or Pond's Extract, if the 
Arnica is not at hand, tack on the shoe lightly, with 
the pressure off the sore heel, and a leather sole 
between it and the foot. 

But if matter has formed, remove the dead horn, 
make a good free vent, so the matter may freely 
discharge, foment the foot with hot water for an 
hour. Soak a bit of cotton in Arnica or Pond's 



112 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

Extract, and apply it to the heel, and then place 
the foot in a large bran or turnip poultice. (See 
Introductory Section.) Change the poultice and 
dressing each night and morning. In a few days 
the foot will be ready to shoe in the usual way and 
with a sole leather to keep out the dirt. Give also, 
each morning and night, a dose of the Specific for 
Ulcers, II. If a quittor has formed, it should be 
treated as such. 

Quittor. 

This is a deep narrow ulcer opening upon the coro- 
net, and leading into an abscess in the foot. It may 
be caused by treads, or overreaches, or corns, but- 
most commonly from prick of a nail or other sharp 
substance. It is attended with more or less lame- 
ness ; heat and pain in the foot, and discharge of 
matter from the open wound. But if it has been 
caused by the matter from a corn, the coronet above 
the heel will have upon it a hard painful swelling, 
which afterwards becomes softer and larger. 

Treatment. — If the quittor arises from a wound 
of the sole or prick, after the wounded part has 
been pared out and poulticed as directed in the arti- 
cle for prick in the foot, then with a probe gently 
find out the direction and number of pipes, and 
with a fine syringe, inject Pond's Extract of full 
strength, into the opening, two or three times per 
day. Change the poultice night and morning until 
no more matter flows, and the quittor begins to 
heal. 

When it arises from a corn in the heel, and mat- 
ter has got into the coronet, the swelling must be 
cut into and the discharge let out ; then poultice 
night and morning, inject the Extract as before, 
rasp down the wall of the hoof until it yields to the 



PRICK IN THE FOOT. 



113 



pressure of the thumb, and put on a bar-shoe. Roll 
a bandage around the coronet to keep the dirt out 
from the quittor. 

If there is some considerable heat and fever, the 
Fever Specific, A A, may come in play. But the 
Specific for Ulcers, I I, should be given two or 
three drops three times per day, at first, and then 
morning and night until the quitter is healed. 

Prick in the Foot. 

Sharp substances, such as nails, glass, pointed 
stones, or similar substances, not unfrequently pene- 
trate the foot in traveling, or the shoe may be partly 
torn off, and the loosened nail be thrust into the 
foot, or a nail may go wrong in shoeing. 

Heat, pain, lameness, and subsequent formation 
of matter, will be the result, unless the offending 
substance is removed in time and the injury cured. 

Treatment. — With the hammer upon the nails, 
or by pressure with the pincers, ascertain where the 
horse feels pain, and the mischief lies. Take off the 
shoe, pare away the hoof around the injured part, 
until it yields to the thumb, follow the nail-hole to 
the bottom, and if newly done, a dark-colored dirty 
matter will now out. Make - a fair vent for the fluid, 
and if there is not much lameness, put a piece of 
cotton soaked in Arnica upon the pricked place, 
and tack the shoe lightly on with a sole leather and 
the usual stopping between it and the foot to pre- 
vent dirt getting into the wound. 

If the injury has beep of some days' standing and 
there is pain, heat, and lameness, matter has proba- 
bly already formed, and may run under the sole or 
make its way to the coronet. In such cases make a 
good opening, remove all dead horn and that only ; 
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114 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

dress as before with Arnica or Pond's Extract, 
and put the foot into a large bran or turnip poul- 
tice, which must be changed night and morning. 
Continue the poultices until the lameness is measur- 
ably subdued, and then dress with Arnica, and shoe 
as before. 

During the treatment, give the Specific for In- 
juries, B B, every three, four, or six hours, accord- 
ing to the urgency of the case, and if there is much 
fever interpose a dose or two of the Fever Specific, 
A A, as circumstances require. 

Spavin. 
This is an affection of the tendons, ligaments, and 
bursa connected with the hock. From a strain, 
violent exercise, or similar cause, an increased action 
is set up in these parts which glide upon each other, 
irritation results and the parts enlarge ; or, an exuda- 
tion of serum occurs, tinged or not with blood, 
which may be absorbed afterwards or remain for a 
long time a soft movable tumor ; or by degrees an 
ossific or bony deposit takes place, resulting in a 
firm, hard, bony tumor. These several stages or de- 
grees of the same common affection have been 
termed Bog-Spavin, Blood- Spavin, and Bone- Spa- 
vin. Wind-Galls and Thorough Pins are but local 
variations of the same essential condition — en- 
largements of the bursa and tendons of the joint. 
Essentially an inflammation of the ligamentous con- 
nections of the small metatarsal, with the internal 
cuneiform bone of the hock, yet the position of the 
swelling and ossific deposit may vary considerably. 
It usually shows itself on the inner and lower side 



SPAVIN. 115 

of the hock at the lower portion of the joint. A 
careful comparison of the two legs with the eye and 
hand, will best disclose the evil. " Sometimes it ap- 
pears as a soft swelling of the femoral vein along the 
inner surface of the hock ; or again, as a hot, pain- 
ful, laming swelling, extending from the posterior 
border of the hock downward, which may after- 
ward become a hard bony tumor, insensible, causing 
the animal to limp only when making some exer- 
tion ; or, the swelling extends along the inner sur- 
face of the hock, oblong, a little broader above than 
below, bony, sometimes involving the entire joint, 
and occasioning more or less limping ; or, a soft 
round swelling over the whole internal surface of 
the hock, at first not impeding the horse's gait, but 
afterwards becoming indurated and causing a rigid- 
ity of the hock and consequent lameness ; or, a hard 
osseous swelling at the upper and inner side of the 
femur, causing a lameness depending upon the ex- 
tent to which the ligaments of the joints are in- 
volved ; or the muscles of the hind-quarters are not 
visibly affected, the horse does not limp, but simply 
raises one or both the hind limbs (for one is seldom 
aifected alone) unnaturally high, with a spring, and 
puts them down again with a spasmodic twitching 
movement." (Spring-halt.) 

At first the animal seems afraid to use one or the 
other of the hind-legs, and a little lameness is no- 
ticed on first starting off". Afterwards when return- 
ing to the stable after exertion, the horse stands on 
the toe of the affected limb, and limps considerably 



116 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

on turning around and first commencing to walk ; 
after moving a little, the lameness disappears, and 
only returns again after he has been standing some 
time. This will be soon followed by the swelling. 

Causes. — There is a predisposition to this affec- 
tion in some families of horses, and when present, 
strains, violent exertion, over- work, a blow, or other 
injury, readily develops the spavin. Horses with 
high legs, from three to seven years of age, are 
most liable to it. 

Treatment. — In the earlier stages, while the lame- 
ness is yet recent, and little or no swelling has ap- 
peared, bathing the joint with Pond's Extract or 
Arnica, and giving the Spavin Specific, B B, night 
and morning, will be sufficient to remove the lame- 
ness and generally prevent the swelling. When the 
swelling is still soft and recent, bathing the joint with 
Extract or Arnica and giving the Spavin Spe- 
cific, B B, night and morning, will reduce the swell- 
ing and relieve the lameness. 

In all other cases of Spavin, whatever may be its 
particular form or situation, give five drops of the 
Specific for Spavin, B B, each morning and night, 
see that the legs are well rubbed, with but moderate 
daily work or exercise. The pain, lameness, and 
subsequent exudation of bony matter depend upon 
the affection of the ligaments of the joint. This 
being relieved, the whole affection disappears. All 
recent and soft spavins may be successfully treated 
thus, and even the most inveterate ones will be much 
relieved and benefited. 

Splint. 
In consequence of an injury a bony tumor arises 
in the inside of the fore-leg below the knee ; some- 



RING BONE. 



117 



times, though rarely, it is seen on the outside and 
even oil the hind-legs. After having existed some 
time they seldom occasion lameness accept so sit- 
uated as to interfere with the action of the tendons 
or ligaments of the legs. During the forming stage, 
the horse is lame because the periosteum of the bone 
is inflamed, but after this has subsided and the bony 
exudation is thrown out, it disappears, except in the 
case above mentioned. In some cases in the begin- 
ning the feet are hot and painful, the animal likes 
to remain lying down ; and if only the fore-feet are 
affected, he puts them down with great care and 
evident pain, and there is general fever and suffering, 
which passes off with the more decided local manifes- 
tation. If the tumor is of some standing, it may be 
quite difficult or impossible to cause its disappear- 
ance. But happily these old hardened tumors sel- 
dom interfere with the essential usefulness of the 
animal. 

Treatment. — In most cases, if there is heat and 
feverish excitement of the system, give five drops 
of the Specific for Fever, A A, and that for Spavin, 
B B, alternately three or four times per day, until the 
heat and lameness are partially subdued, and then 
give the Spavin Specific, B B, morning and night, 
until the lameness and irritation have entirely sub- 
sided. Old cases will be benefited by a dose every 
day. 

Ring Bone 
Consists of an enlargement and ossific deposit near 
the fetlock joint in consequence of a strain and in- 
namatory action. It may appear on one or both 



118 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

sides of a foot, or completely surround it, giving rise 
to the name. One or more feet may be affected by 
it. It is generally recognized by a mere bony en- 
largement on one or both sides of the pastern, and 
the lameness is not very considerable ; but sometimes 
not only the ligamentous but bony structures of the 
joint are involved, compromising the entire joint. A 
false step or strain of the articular ligaments, are the 
usual immediate causes, to which a hereditary predis- 
position must be added. 

At the commencement bathe the part with Pond's 
Extract or Arnica from day to day, and give five 
drops of the Specific B B, for Spavin - , three times 
per day. In chronic cases give a dose morning and 
night, or even only once per day. Cases of con- 
siderable standing will materially improve, and re- 
cent fresh cases may be permanently restored. 

Over-reach and Tread. 

An overreach is a bruise upon the heel of the 
fore-foot, caused from the toe of the hind-shoe. 
A tread is a bruise upon the inside coronet of a 
hind-foot, caused by the shoe on the other foot 
treading upon it ; or it may be caused by a fore- 
shoe treading upon a hind coronet, as when the 
horse is backing. In either case quittor may form, 
or the death of the crushed coronet will leave the 
hoof altered in shape. 

Treatment. — Remove the crushed and torn skin 
and horn ; clip away the hair around the bruised 
part ; wash it with water, to remove the dirt ; and 
foment it with hot water three times per day ; after 



THRUSH AND CANKER. 119 

each fomentation wash it with Pond's Extract or 
Arnica, and apply to it a piece of cotton soaked in 
the same. If matter is likely to form, put the foot 
in a large bran or turnip poultice, (See Introductory 
Section,) which is to be changed night and morn- 
ing. Continue this until the pain and lameness be- 
come less, then dress it with Arnica or Extract 
twice per day, and protect it from dirt by rolling a 
bandage over the dressing and round the top of the 
hoof. If quittor remains, it must be treated as di- 
rected for that disease. Give also morning and 
night a dose of five drops of the Specific for Ulcers, 
I I. Should there be much fever and pain, a dose 
or two of the Fever Specific, A A, will be in place. 

Thrush and Canker. 
This disease is an inflammation of the lower sur- 
face of the sensible frog, which secretes matter of a 
peculiar offensive smell instead of healthy horn. 
The matter issues from the cleft of the frog. In a 
sound frog the cleft is shallow, but when contracted 
or otherwise diseased, the cleft deepens even to the 
sensible horn within, and through this the matter 
issues. Afterwards the discharge becomes more 
abundant and offensive ; the frog wears off, and a 
fresh growth of horn fails to appear ; it then be- 
comes thin, shriveled, contracted, and fissured ; and 
as the disease extends, the matter becomes still more 
fetid, and may terminate in a yet more unmanage- 
able form of disease, namely, canker. In Thrush 
the frog is painful when pressed upon by the thumb 
or pincers, or when the animal treads upon a stone. 
As a consequence of neglected thrush, the horn may 
separate from the sensible part of the foot, and un- 



120 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

healthy vegetations, proud-flesh, fungous matter, 
spring up, occupying a portion or the whole of the 
sole and frog, and finally involving frog, sole, and 
bars in a mass of rank putrefaction, constituting the 
worst form of canker. 

Treatment. — As thrush is often caused by un- 
cleanliness and constant moisture of the feet, the 
greatest care must be taken to keep them dry and 
clean, and especially from dung and urine. If con- 
nected with contracted fore-feet, particular care must 
be given to shoeing. 

The frog should be carefully pared down and 
all loose, ragged portions removed in order to pre- 
vent the accumulation of matter and dirt. The dis- 
charge wiped off by means of tow pressed down into 
the cleft with a thin piece of wood. Then smear 
the frog and cleft with a mixture composed of half 
an ounce of sulphate of copper^ (blue vitriol,) and 
six ounces of tar made into a paste. A small piece 
of tow dipped in this mixture should also be placed 
in the cleft, or, whatever part of the frog a sinus ex- 
ists. In some cases repeat the dressing daily — in 
others, once in two or three days is sufficient. If 
the dressing is properly applied, it will not fall out 
or admit the entrance of dirt. Should the frog be 
extensively diseased, a bar-shoe may be necessary, 
and the dressing will then be kept in place by the 
cross-bar of iron, or a leather sole may be used 1 
under the shoe. 

Throughout the treatment give five drops of the 
Specific for Ulcers, 1 1, each morning and night. 



■ CHAPTER V1XL 

GEHERAL DISEASES. 

Rheumatism. 

This is a fir more common disease of the horse 
than has generally been supposed. It is quite com- 
mon in old horses, and in younger ones that have 
been exposed or over-worked. Cold and damp, 
and exposure to draughts of cold air when heated, or 
during and after severe effort, are among the most 
common causes. 

Symptoms. — It usually begins with a shivering 
chill, hot skin and mouth. The horse becomes lame 
and stifi all over, and several joints seem affected at 
once, so that he can not move from the first, or 
else it soon becomes confined to one joint or leg ; 
the joint or limb becomes very hot, swelled, and 
exceedingly painful ; the pulse is quicker at one 
time than another, or stops now and then for a mo- 
ment or two ; the breathing is quick ; sweats break 
out, and the animal becomes weak. When the dis- 
ease attacks the fore-legs, farriers call it " chest- 
founder ;" and when it attacks the loins, the back is 
raised and belly tucked up, and it is known as " loin- 
bound." Rheumatism not unfrequently shifts from 
one place to another, especially if the animal is ex- 
posed to wet and cold. 
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122 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

Treatment. — If there should be considerable heat 
and fever, give first the Fever Specieic, A A, a dose 
of five drops every two or three hours, until the 
heat has been partially subdued, or until six doses 
have been given. Then alternate the Specific for 
Rheumatism, B B, with that for Fever, A A, every 
three or four hours, a dose of five drops until the 
animal is restored. If a limb or joint is painful, hot, 
and 'swelled, bathe it in Pond's Extract night 
and morning, and to flannel bandage the limb will 
also be of great service, in addition to the inter- 
nal medicines. 

If at any time a horse shows symptoms of stiffness 
or lameness, five drops of the Rheumatic Specific, 
B B, night and morning, will soon remove it. 

Fever. 

We understand by pure or idiopathic fever, in- 
creased arterial excitement, attended with heat, 
without local inflammation. Symptomatic fever has 
the same heat and increased circulation attended 
with local inflammation or disorganization of some 
part, of which the fever is merely symptomatic. 
Bad management in the stable, impure and un whole- 
seme food, bad air or confinement, are the usual 
causes of fevers. 

Symptoms. — It generally begins with a cold, shiv- 
ering chill, or repeated chills, although this is not 
essential, or may readily be overlooked. The horse 
is dull, unwilling to move, has a staring coat, and 
cold feet and legs. This is succeeded by warmth of 
the body ; unequal distribution of warmth in the 
legs ; one hot and the other three cold, or one un- 
naturally warm and the others unusually cold, but 



123 



not the corpse-like coldness of inflammation of the 
lungs; the pulse is soft, quick, and often indistinct ; 
the breathing somewhat laborious ; but no cough or 
pawing or looking at the flanks. The animal will 
scarcely eat, and is very costive. While the state 
of pure fever continues, the shivering fit returns 
every day at nearly the same hour, and that is suc- 
ceeded by a warm one, and that often by a degree 
of perspiration ; and these may alternate for several 
days until local inflammation appears or the fever 
subsides. 

No horse dies of pure fever. If inflammation of 
the lungs, bowels, or feet does not set in, he will 
recover. 

Symptomatic Fever is the result of some local 
inflammation or disorganization, or the result of in- 
jury, wound, etc. ISTo organ or part can long seri- 
ously suffer, without bringing the system into sym- 
pathetic suffering, which generally manifests itself 
by irritative fever, which of course disappears when 
the local irritation is removed. 

Treatment. — In all cases of Fever the Fever 
Specific, A A, is the first and generally the only 
medicine required. Give a dose-of five drops at in- 
tervals of two or three hours at first, and by de- 
grees at longer intervals, and not only will the 
fever be removed, but likewise all danger of its lo- 
cating itself upon some organ or part of the system. 
Should such localization threaten, the Fever Speci- 
fic, A A, will still be the appropriate and best me- 
dicine. 



124 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

Strangles or Distemper. 

This is a disease incident to young horses, gene- 
rally appearing between the third and fifth year, 
when the teeth are being shed, and is much more 
liable to appear in the spring than at any other sea- 
son of the year. Almost every horse has it, and 
but once in a lifetime. It is an idiopathic fever, fol- 
lowed by discharges in various parts of the body, 
generally under the jaw. 

Symptoms. — The disease begins with symptoms of 
a common cold ; the horse is dull and depressed, 
eats little or no food, coughs now and then; the 
coat stares, the pulse is slightly quickened, the 
mouth becomes hot and dry, and afterwards frothy 
fluid comes from it ; the throat sore, the nose red, 
and matter flows from it. The glands under the 
jaw become swelled, hot, and painful, to such an 
extent as to cause " quidding," and so much difficul- 
ty of breathing, that the horse seems almost suffo- 
cated. The swelling, which occupies the center of 
the jaw, nearly filling its hollow, is an uniform body, 
(in distinction from glanders,) becomes larger and 
softer until it bursts and matter flows out. From 
this time the animal begins to recover and soon gets 
well. In some cases, however, the horse does not 
get well so quickly, for after the abscess in the 
gland has burst, others form upon the back, shoul- 
ders, legs, breast, or about the neck and jaws, and 
even internally. This form is termed irregular 
strangles. Strangles is said not to be contagious. 



GLANDERS AND FARCY. 125 

Teeatmext. — At the first when there is fever, 
hot and dry mouth, and glands swelled and painful, 
a few doses of the Fevee Specific, A A, will reduce 
the fever and swelling, and the disease will run a 
milder course. 

Afterwards, the Specific for Distempee, C C, 
should be given, a dose of five drops three or four 
times per day during the hight of the disease, and 
afterwards at longer intervals, until entire restora- 
tion. 

When the tumor under the jaw becomes hard, 
large, and painful, and suppuration is inevitable, a 
bran poultice applied warm night and morning, will 
hasten suppuration so that it will break of itself or 
may be readily opened. 

G-landers and Farcy. 

We prefer treating these two diseases in connec- 
tion, persuaded they are one and the same — excited 
from a common cause, running a similar course, 
while the contagion of the one will produce the 
other, and vice versa. The disease is termed Glan- 
ders, when principally confined to the nose, and 
called Farcy when manifesting itself in the lym- 
phatics. 

It is usually considered as the result of contagion, 
but want of food, bad food, bad keeping, impure air 
in too close stabling will generate it. 

Symptoms of Glanders. — Constant discharge 
from one or both nostrils, more frequently from one, 
and that the left ; the* discharge is at first thin and 
watery, afterwards thick like the white of egg. It 
may continue in this way for some time, or it soon 
becomes more mattery, sticky, then greenish or yel- 
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126 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMCEOPATHY. 

lowish, or mixed with streaks of blood, and having 
a bad smell. Soon after this discharge is noticed, 
the glands under the jaw become painful and swol- 
len, and one of them appears fixed to the jaw-bone. 
Then the membrane lining the inside of the nose 
has a yellowish or leaden color, which is considered 
characteristic of the disease ; small bladders are no- 
ticed upon it, which afterwards are changed to 
ulcers ; these have sharp borders, and spread and 
deepen until the gristle and bones beneath become 
ulcerated. When ulcers appear upon the membrane 
of the nose, the constitution of the horse is evi- 
dently involved ; he loses flesh ; his belly is tucked 
up ; coat unthrifty and readily comes oft"; the appe- 
tite impaired ; the strength fails ; cough more or 
less urgent may be heard, the lungs become filled 
with abscesses, wasting goes on, and the animal 
soon dies. 

Farcy. — Upon the face, lips, and other portions 
of the body, but especially upon the legs, hard, 
painful, and hot lumps are felt, which are called 
Farcy buds ; they increase in size, with pain and 
heat, until the ulceration works through the skin 
and a thin discharge flows out. Between these 
lumps along the course of the lymphatics, hardened 
cords are felt ; the groin, inside the thighs, and 
space between the forelegs and chest, become, from 
the tumefaction of these lymphatics, swelled and 
very painful ; the legs are swelled, together with the 
usual discharge of glanders. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LYMPHATICS. 127 

Treatment. — The Specific for Distemper, C C, 
is the best remedy for either form of this disease, 
and should be given a dose of five drops four times 
per day. During convalescence it need not be re- 
peated so often. 

Should a suspicious discharge appear at the nose, 
a dose morning and night will usually arrest it in a 
few days, and prevent further mischief. 

A development of Farcy requires the same treat- 
ment as for Glanders. Give the Specific for Dis- 
temper, C C, four times per day. The horse should 
have good air and good wholesome food. 

In most cases, the alternation of the Specific for 
Ulcers, 1 1, and that for Distemper, C C, is very 
efficient, especially in cases of some standing. 

1ST.B. — It should be remembered that a well- 
marked case of glanders is highly contagious. Not 
only may the disease be communicated to other ani- 
mals, but the glandered matter coming in contact 
with a cut, abraded or sore surface in the human 
subject, will be liable to evoke a very severe if not 
fatal case of poisoning. Prudence demands that 
we should handle such animals with great caution, 
and a thoroughly glandered animal had much better 
be killed at once than endanger other animals or 
the lives of human beings, and the more so as the 
chance of recovery in such a case is very remote. 

Inflammation of the Lymphatics, or Weed. 
In some rare cases . horses suffer from inflamma- 
tion of the lymphatics manifested by cord-like swell- 
ings along the course of these vessels. It may be 
brought on by sudden changes of food, cold and 



128 VETERINARY SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

wet weather, sudden over-work after several days 
of rest, disordered stomach, standing in cold water, 
exposure to drafts of air, etc. 

The Symptoms are as follows: The attack is 
usually sudden, beginning with a cold shivering 
chill, followed by full, strong, and quick pulse, accel- 
erated breathing ; hot, dry mouth, and general fever. 
The local manifestation is on one of the hind- 
legs, generally the left, or in rare instances, a fore- 
leg may be affected. The leg is lifted from the 
ground, is hot and painful to the touch, and swells 
from above downward. The swelling increases ra- 
pidly, the leg becomes much larger than the other, 
the pain increases, and the leg is very sensitive to 
the touch. Several hard, round, and very painful 
cord like swellings may be felt on the inside of the 
leg ; these end in small hardish lumps, and are more 
painful than the cords. A watery fluid exudes from 
the skin, and may be seen in drops standing upon 
the hair. 

Treatment. — At the commencement foment the 
limb for an hour, night and morning, with hot water, 
and afterwards apply some Pond's Extract. The 
horse should have plenty of exercise, and in most 
cases may be ordered to his work, continuing the 
medicine as hereinafter directed. Give three times 
per day five drops of the Fever Specific, A A. After 
a few days, the Specific for Indigestion, J J, maybe 
alternated with the former w r ith advantage. But in 
general the Fever Specific, A A, w r ill be entirely 
sufficient. 



PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA. 



129 



Purpura Hemorrhagica. 
Some rare cases of this disease have been ob- 
served in the horse. It consists essentially of a de- 
composition of the blood, and loss of power in the 
capillary vessels, as the result of which, echymosed 
or black and blue spots appear on the surface, and 
wherever the mucous membrane can be seen, and 
hemorrhages occur from various parts of the body 
and are thrown off with the natural excretions. The 
inside of the nose is covered with purple spots, as 
also the inside of the lips. These spots vary in size, 
and are filled with dark-colored fluid blood, which 
exudes if they are punctured or scratched. There 
is diffused swelling over the system, showing itself 
at the eyelids, breast, flank, belly, quarters, and be- 
tween the thighs, extending upward. It is attended 
with weakness and general prostration of the sys- 
tem, swelling and stiffening of the joints, and 
sloughing off of the membrane of the nose, or other 
parts. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Fever and In- 
flammation, A A, will be found appropriate in all 
cases of this disease. Give a' dose of five drops 
three times per day. 

Give common food of good quality, less oats and 
hay, but especially carrots and potatoes. The last 
are very serviceable. 



PART II. 

DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



CHAPTER I. 
GENERAL DISEASES. 

Fever, Quarter Evil, Joint Murrain. 

This disease, which is quite common, is known in 
different localities by various terms, as, black quarter, 
quarter evil, joint murrain, etc. 

Symptoms. — There are few premonitory symp- 
toms. Often without any, or with slight indications 
of previous illness, the animal is found ill ; the neck 
extended ; the head brought as far as she can effect 
it into a horizontal position ; the eyes protruded and 
red; the muzzle dry; the nostrils expanded; the 
breath hot ; the root of the horns considerably so ; 
the mouth partly open ; the tongue enlarged, or ap- 
parently so ; the pulse full, hard, and from 65 to 70 ; 
the breathing quickened and laborious ; the flanks 
heaving violently, and the animal moaning in a low 
peculiar way. 



FEVER, QUARTER EVIL, JOINT MURRAIN. 131 

Sometimes the animal is in full possession of her 
senses, but generally there is a degree of uncon- 
sciousness ; she will stand for an hour or more with- 
out the slightest change of posture ; can scarcely be 
induced to move, or when compelled to do so, stag- 
gers, and the staggering is principally referable to 
the hind-quarters ; rumination has ceased, and the 
appetite is quite gone. After a time, the animal 
becomes more uneasy, yet it is ofcener a change 
of position to ease the limb than a pawing; at 
length the animal lies down, or rather drops, gets 
up almost immediately, is soon down again, and de- 
bility rapidly increasing, she continues prostrate, 
sometimes comatose, and at others making fruitless 
attempts to rise. The symptoms rapidly increase, 
there is no intermission, and the animal dies in from 
twelve to twenty-four hours. 

In a majority of cases, the animal seems to rally 
a little, and symptoms appear which give the local 
names of the disease. The beast attempts to get 
up ; after some efforts it may succeed, but is sadly 
lame in one or both the hind-quarters. If not yet 
fallen, she is suddenly lame, so lame as scarcely to 
move, hence she has joint murrain or quarter evil. 

Tenderness of the loins and back is one of the 
earliest symptoms and most to be dreaded. The 
animal will not bear even the slightest pressure on 
these parts. The case is worse if to this is added 
swellings about the shoulders, back, and loins, with 
a peculiar crackling noise, as if from deficient syno- 
via or joint-oil. Worse than even this is the sudden 



132 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

appearance of hard scurfy patches of what seems to 
be dead skin. It is a dry gangrene, and the com- 
mencement of a process of sloughing extensive and 
rapid, to an almost inconceivable degree. This 
forms the black quarter, with all its fearful character- 
istics. 

Ulcers first appear about the belly, the quarters, and 
teats, but spread every where, but particularly about 
the muzzle and mouth. The tongue is blistered and 
ulcerated, and there is a discharge of sanious, offens- 
ive, or bloody fluid from the nose or mouth, or from 
both. The urine, previously high-colored, now be- 
comes darker and bloody ; the dung is streaked with 
blood, and all the excretions are excessively fetid. 
In this state the animal may remain some days, until 
it dies, a " mass of putridity." 

Treatment. — Give five drops of the Specific A A, 
for Fever, every two hours, for the first twelve 
hours. This is more especially indicated for the 
fever, lameness, congestion, etc. 

After the first twelve hours, unless there is decided 
improvement, give alternately the Specific I I, for 
Ulcers, Rot, etc., in doses of five or eight drops al- 
ternately with that for Fever, every two, three, or 
four hours, according to the urgency of the case. 
Continue this treatment without intermission or va- 
riation, prolonging the intervals between the doses 
as the animal improves. 

Vesicular Epizotic. 
This is an epidemic disease, which has at times 
invaded various sections of country under somewhat 
varying forms, sometimes a lingering, and at others 
a rapidly fatal disease. 



VESICULAR EPIZOTIC. 133 

The symptoms are as follows. The premonitory 
indications are : dullness ; impaired appetite ; staring 
and harsh coat ; the muzzle, ears, horns, etc., are 
cold at one time and hot at another ; the beast shakes 
all over and feels uneasy, and does not associate with 
the other cows ; the cud is not chewed as in health. 
Then the milk is found to be lessened, yellowish and 
thick; the bag is swollen, hot, and painful when 
touched ; the back is arched, and she seems uneasy 
on her feet, and unwilling to move. This attracts 
attention to the feet, and they are found hot and 
painful ; the hoof at the top is swelled, and a dis- 
charge runs from the heels; the eyes look dim, and 
tears run from them ; the inside of the nose and 
whites of the eyes look red ; the mouth is dry, and 
the membrane covering it has little red spots in it, 
which rise into blisters upon it, over the whole 
mouth ; they contain a fluid, and increase in size, 
finally burst, and a sore is left behind, which becomes 
a deep rugged ulcer. These blisters are also found 
upon the bag and about the hoofs, especially of the 
hind-legs ; the hoofs may even fall off, the bones be- 
come diseased, and other grave results ensue. The 
appetite becomes more and more impaired ; there 
is great weakness, wasting, discharge of stringy, 
bloody fluid from the mouth ; offensive matter run- 
ning from the nostrils ; swollen face ; bad breath ; 
quick, grunting breathing; small, weak, quick pulse; 
dropsy of the belly and legs ; purging, and death. 

The causes, like those of all epidemic diseases, are 
involved in some mystery, yet it is indisputable that 

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134 DISEASES OP CATTLE. 

the disease, having occurred in a place or neighbor- 
hood, other cattle in the vicinity are more liable to 
be attacked, and those most so which are in contact 
or on the same place, and especially those that are 
poorly kept and housed, or at times exposed to bad 
weather, bad food, or other depressing influences. 
This rule applies to all epidemic diseases, whatever 
may be their particular form or manifestation. 

Treatment. — To prevent the disease, if prevailing 
in the place or in the neighborhood, give five drops 
of the Specific for Distemper, C C, every other 
night. This will very generally protect the system, 
or at least modify and lighten an attack, should it 
come on. 

To cure the disease: Give five drops of the Spe- 
cific for Distemper, C C, every four hours, during 
the earlier stages of the disease, continuing so long 
as there is an improvement. 

Should ulcerations have occurred, or blisters have 
formed on the mouth, bag, legs, etc., it will be better 
to alternate the Specific for Ulcers, I I, with that 
for Distemper, C C, at intervals of three or four 
hours, during the hight of the disease, and at longer 
intervals as the improvement progresses. The per- 
severing use of these Specifics will save most cases. 

Rheumatism. 

This disease is almost invariably the consequence 
of cold and wet, or chill after over-exertion. The 
symptoms are as follows : 

Dullness; loss of spirits ; disinclination to move, 
and painful stiffness of the back or joints when mov- 
ing; loss of appetite ; pain in the back, manifested 
by the animal flinching when pressed upon ; the 



LUMBAGO. 135 

joints, one or more, become affected, and the animal 
prefers to lie down, and can not move without great 
pain and difficulty; the joints, or one or more of 
them, become swelled, and are also exceedingly hot 
and tender to the touch. In some cases, there is 
considerable heat and fever, in others it is but slight. 
The complaint is quite liable to return from expo- 
sure, changes of weather, or even the wind blowing 
from a different quarter. The disease not unfre- 
quently changes from one joint or limb to another. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Rheumatism, B B, 
will cure all the usual forms of this disease, giving 
five drops three or four times per day, in severe 
cases, and morning and night in the mild ones. 

When the disease is ushered in or attended with 
considerable heat and fever, either during its con- 
tinuance, or from the first, the Specific for Fever, 
A A, should be alternated with that for Rheuma- 
tism, B B, at the intervals mentioned above. The 
use of these two remedies will control every form 
of this disease. 

Lumbago. 

This is merely a form of Rheumatism, locating 
itself upon the muscles of the loins. It may be mis- 
taken for some other or different disease, and hence 
its symptoms should be known. 

Symptoms. — After some exposure, especially to 
cold or wet, or a draft of air, the cow will suddenly 
become lame of one leg, without other signs to ex- 
plain the nature of the attack. Another leg may 
then be affected, while the first one seems better or 
quite well. Some pain and heat may be discovered 



13G DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

in one of the joints ; and then the muscles of the 
back show more clearly the location of the disease; 
or from the first the disease may be referable to this 
point ; the animal yields and flinches when they are 
pressed upon, in consequence of the pain ; the beast 
is not able to walk, or does so very stifly and awk- 
wardly, in consequence of increased pain from move- 
ment. They may continue for a time, disappear, 
and return again, in consequence of new exposure. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Rheumatism, B B, 
should be given, a dose of five drops, three times 
per day. A few doses will promptly relieve. 

Ophthalmia ; Inflammation of the Eye. 

Diseased and inflamed eyes in cattle may some- 
times occur as a result of congestion, from inflam- 
mation or a cold, but in general from an injury, 
the result of a blow of a whip, or stick, or from 
dirt or hay-seed, or some similar substance irritat- 
ing the eye. 

Symptoms. — The eyelids are swelled and closed ; 
tears flow in abundance ; the eye shrinks from the 
light when the lids are opened ; the white of the 
eye or conjunctiva is reddish or covered with red 
veins ; the haw is also red and swollen ; the eye it- 
self is clouded and covered with a film. 

Treatment. — Examine the eye for dirt, hay-seed, 
or other substances, and when found remove them. 

Bathe the eye with Pond's Extract diluted half 
and half with soft water, morning and night until 
the more violent symptoms are removed. 

Give internally two drops of the Specific for In- 
flammation, A A, each morning and night. 



FITS, CONVULSIONS, EPILEPSY. 137 

In long-standing cases a dose of the Specific for 
Ulcers, I I, repeated every few nights, will be found 
of great value. 

Fits, Convulsions, Epilepsy. 

The symptoms of fits are pretty well known. 
Without any or very trifling warning the beast 
staggers and falls suddenly to the ground ; he of- 
ten bellows in the most alarming manner ; then 
every part of the body is violently convulsed ; the 
tail is lashed ; the teeth are ground ; the mouth 
closed, and jaws fastened together; the breathing 
is quick and attended with heaving at the flanks ; 
frothy slaver dribbles from the mouth, and the 
urine and dung are discharged involuntarily. In a 
few moments the convulsions become less severe, 
then cease, and the animal soon seems as well as if 
nothing had happened. 

Fits are most apt to attack young, vigorous, well- 
fed cattle, or those that have been much exposed 
to the direct action of the sun. 

Treatment. — Little or nothing can be done dur- 
ing an attack; but as one is likely to be followed by 
another, the medicine should be given as soon as the 
attack is well over. 

Give immediately after the attack five drops of 
the Specific for Convulsions, A A, and repeat the 
remedy morning and night for some days. 

If an animal is subject to these fits, (epilepsy,) re- 
turning at intervals of a few days or weeks, give 
alternately at intervals of four or eight days five or 
six of the Specific for Convulsions, A A, and that 
for Paealysis, J J, and continue these for some 
time. 

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138 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Foul in the Foot, Foot-Rot. 

Foreign bodies, such as gravel, dirt, stones, etc., 
especially in moist, low, or marshy places, get into 
the cleft of the foot, and produce lameness and the 
following symptoms : 

There is lameness and swelling of the pasterns, 
and heat with evident pain ; matter then forms, and 
unless it is let out, it will extend in all directions 
under the foot, amd appear at the coronet ; long, 
narrow ulcers remain and proud flesh springs up 
from the diseased places. 

Treatment. — Examine the foot carefully, and 
remove all foreign substances, dirt, etc., that may 
be found; then foment the foot with hot water 
night and morning, and afterwards apply Pond's 
Extract, and wrap it in a turnip or oatmeal poul- 
tice ; the hoof should be pared, and those parts of 
it cut away that may interfere with the escape of 
matter ; all dead hoof must be removed. The 
sore must be examined, and if dark and unhealthy, 
the extract and poultices must be removed from 
time to time until the dark matter sloughs off. 
After the ulcer looks clean, apply tar and melted 
tallow in equal proportions, over which tow must be 
kept wrapped around to prevent dirt lodging in the 
wound and causing fresh irritation. These may be 
renewed if needful until entire recovery. 

Give also the Specific for Ulcers, 1 1, each night, 
a dose of five or eight drops. 

Mange. 
The disease consists of a violent itching and irri- 
tation of the surface, and attacks all badly-kept do- 
mestic animals. It may be caused by over-feeding, 



HIDEBOUND. 139 

or want of wholesome, nutritious food; either 
extremes may induce it. Thus suddenly changing 
a cow from a very poor to a rich pasture may in- 
duce it, or it may be communicated from one cow 
to another. 

The symptoms are: great ichiness, so that the 
animal is continually rubbing herself; the hair falls 
off, scabs or sores remain in patches on the back 
and tail especially ; the cow becomes thin ; appe- 
tite fails ; her milk is reduced in quantity and qual- 
ity, and she becomes a miserable object. 

Treatment. — Cleanse the skin by means of a 
brush, which must not be used for another animal 
without being thoroughly washed and cleansed, 
otherwise it will communicate the disease ; after- 
wards go over again with warm water and soft 
soap, and carefully dry the surface. 

Give night and morning five or eight drops of the 
Specific for Eruptions, 1 1. 

Should the sore spots not readily heal, apply the 
Sulphur Ointment. (See Introduction.) '■. 

Hidebound. 

This condition, where the skin seems firm, hard, 
and bound to the parts beneath, is due to some 
morbid condition of the system rather than a dis- 
ease of the skin itself. This is most frequently some 
derangement of the stomach, or some old standing 
organic disease. Remove these, and the disease dis- 
appears, and the hide becomes soft and loose. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Indigestion, III 
Condition, J J, given five drops morning and night, 
will generally remove tha difficulty. 



CHAPTER II. 

DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF 

RESPIRATION. 

Choryza, or Cold in the Head. 

This very common affection consists of an irrita- 
tion, and sometimes inflammation of the lining mem- 
brane of the nose. It is usually caused by exposure 
to cold or wet, or too sudden alterations of weather ; 
it is sometimes the commencement of catarrh, and 
is most frequent during winter and early spring ; 
or it may arise from the irritation of dust inhaled 
during a long journey. 

Symptoms. — In some cases of cold the irritation 
is confined to the nose alone, and is then known as 
choryza. It is manifested by a discharge from the 
nose, first thin and watery ; afterwards becoming 
thicker like matter, and corrosive, fretting the skin. 

If the disease extends along the air-passages, bron- 
chitis or even inflammation of the lungs results, man- 
ifested by the cough, fever, and difficulty of breath- 
ing peculiar to these affections. 

Treatment. — For mere choryza or cold in the 
head, give the Specific for Distemper, J J, a dose of 
five drops morning and night. 

If symptoms of Fever, Bronchitis, or Pneumonia 
should be present, interpose a few doses of the 
Fever Specific, A A, which will promptly relieve. 
Consult also Bronchitis or Pneumonia. 



HOOSE, CATARRH, ETC. 141 

Hoose ; Catarrh ; or Common Cold 
Diners from the Choryza as the irritation involves 
the lining membrane of the entire air-passages. It 
is most frequent in the changeable weather of 
spring and fall, when cattle are exposed to frequent 
alternations of temperature, or when too many cows 
are crowded together, rendering the air hot and 
impure. Young beasts and cows after calving are 
especially subject to hoose. 

Symptoms. — Dry nose, frequent cough, discharge 
from the nostrils, stiffness of the limbs, disinclina- 
tion to move, purging, cold skin, and then hot, im- 
perfect chewing of the cud, failing of milk, watery 
eyes, quick pulse and breathing. It is very frequent 
and very fatal in calves, and requires to be attend- 
ed to promptly in all cases, or it will end in some 
more dangerous disease. 

Treatment. — During the earlier stage, with fever, 
beat, quick pulse and breathing, give the Fever 
Specific, A A, a dose of five drops three or four 
times per day. 

Should cough and irritation remain, or not yield 
promptly to the Fever Specific, give the Specific 
for Cough, the same dose, repeated two or three 
times daily. 

For calves, give one third or half as much as for 
grown cattle. 

Sore Throat or Pharyngitis. 
The disease consists of inflammation, with conse- 
quent swelling and soreness of the top of the gullet 
or passage between the mouth and stomach. It 



142 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

arises from the same causes which produce colds, 
and sometimes assumes an epidemic and very fatal 
character, especially when spring and fall are very 
cold and wet, and the animals graze on damp, 
marshy grounds. It is usually accompanied with 
catarrh. 

Symptoms. — Difficulty of swallowing, so that so- 
lid food is partially chewed and then dropped from 
the mouth ; fluids are gulped down, or partly re- 
turn through the nostrils ; or all food may be refus- 
ed in consequence of the severe pain attending 
swallowing. The cud is not chewed ; the throat 
and glands of the neck are swelled, hot, and pain- 
ful ; the cough is frequent, hoarse, and indicates 
pain ; the breathing becomes very difficult and la- 
bored, and the pulse full and quick. 

Treatment. — Give five drops of the Specific for 
Sore Throat, A A, every three or four hours, until 
the force of the disease is broken, then at longer 
intervals. 

In some severe or obstinate cases it may be pro- 
per to alternate the Specific for Distemper, C C, 
with that for Sore Throat, A A, at intervals of 
two or three hours. 

Cough. 
Cough in the cow is rarely or never a disease of 
itself; but merely a symptom or attendant of some 
disease of the respiratory organs, such as Catarrh, 
Bronchitis, Pleurisy, or Pneumonia, of which it is 
merely the indication. Its symptomatic importance 
is such that it always deserves attention, and its 
cause should at once be carefully investigated. In 



BRONCHITIS, ETC. 143 

some cases very grave alterations may be going on 
in the lungs, which will escape notice if attention be 
not directed to it by means of the cough. Examine 
the animal carefully, ascertain the state of her pulse, 
breathing, appetite, secretion of milk, etc., and di- 
rect treatment for such disease as we find to be 
present. 

However, in the absence of any special indica- 
tions, the Specific for Cough, E E, should be given, 
a dose of five drops morning and night, which will 
generally relieve and not be out of place in any case. 

Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Bronchial 
Tubes. 

This disease is usually the result of exposure to 
cold and wet, or sudden changes of temperature ; 
it is almost always preceded by a common cold 
which has been neglected or overlooked. 

Symptoms. — Cough, which becomes by degrees 
more painful, frequent, and husky ; the countenance 
becomes anxious and distressed ; the breathing is 
quick, heaving, and obstructed, in consequence of 
tough tenacious phlegm ; unwillingness to move ; 
the breath is hot ; the cough is increased by moving 
about, occurs in fits, and is wheezing in character ; 
no food is eaten ; the animal wastes ; skin becomes 
dry, and is bound to the ribs ; the coat stares anil 
looks unthrifty. The animal may die from exten- 
sion of the disease to \he substance of the lungs, as 
in " lung disease." 

Treatment. — The earlier stages of this disease, 
or catarrh, should be treated at once, as directed un- 



144 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

der that head. Then a dose or two of the Specific 
removes all danger. 

Remove the animal to a warm but well-ventilated 
stable, and feed on warm mashes and gruel. 

Give first, at interval of two or four hours, two or 
three doses of the Specific for Fevee, A A, five 
drops at a dose. This will allay the heat and fever 
to some extent. Then alternate at intervals of three 
to four hours, the Specific for Cough, E E, with 
that for Fever, A A, and continue this treatment 
until restored, only that the medicine need not be 
given so frequently after improvement has pro- 
gressed. 

Pleurisy. 

This disease consists of an inflammation of the 
delicate membrane which lines the chest, and also 
is reflected over or covers the lungs. 

It is caused most frequently by exposure to cold, 
or from the extension of catarrh. Pleurisy rarely 
exists alone, but is almost invariably complicated 
with bronchitis or pneumonia, or both. 

Symptoms. — The disease generally begins in the 
same manner as pneumonia, with dullness, loss of 
appetite, etc. The cough is attended with pain, and 
seems to be cut short as if the animal tried to stop 
it ; the breathing is short, seemingly cut off and 
evidently painful during the passage of the air into 
the lungs, and is attended with a grunt during its 
expiration ; the sides are painful when pressed 
upon ; the skin at the angles of the mouth is wrin- 
kled ; the shoulders and upper part of the chest are 
in a constant quiver; the head is stretched out; the 
eyes are unusually bright ; the tongue hangs out of 



PNEUMONIA. 145 

the mouth, from which frothy slaver is continually 
flowing. The animal neither eats nor chews the cud ;. 
she gets weaker and thinner every day, and all 
the symptoms become more and more severe, until 
death ensues, often preceded by excessive purging. 

Treatment. — Give at first the Fever Specific, 
A A, a dose of five drops every two hours, and con- 
tinue this the first day. 

Then alternate the Specific for Inflamed Lungs, 
E E, with that for Fever, A A, at intervals of two, 
three, or four hours until the animal is cured. 

Food and Stabling. — In all serious diseases of 
the air-passages, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneunomia y 
etc., the animal should be placed in a dry, comfort- 
able stable, not too close, and her food should con- 
sist of bran-mashes, boiled carrots or turnips, meal- 
gruel, and hay-tea. Good old hay may be given 
sparingly, but straw and chaff not at all. When the 
appetite is returning, great care must be taken not 
to give too much food at once, for if the stomach 
is overloaded or crammed, disease is almost sure to 
return and the animal to die in consequence. Give 
but very sparingly of food until the stomach has 
fully regained its former power of digestion. 

Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Lungs. 

This is an inflammation of the substance of the 
lungs, or lights, and is rarely unaccompanied with 
pleurisy or bronchitia. It is usually brought on by 
exposure to cold or sudden changes of temperature, 
or from the extension of a common cold. 
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146 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

The Symptoms are as follows : The cow becomes 
dull, disinclined to move, and hangs her head ; the 
muzzle is dry ; the mouth hot ; the cough frequent 
and dry ; the coat rough and staring ; the horns, 
ears, and feet are hot at one time and cold at an- 
other ; the breathing is quickened and attended 
with heaving of the flanks ; the pulse is full and 
quick ; appetite is gone, and chewing of the cud sus- 
pended. The thirst is great, bowels bound and 
dung dark-colored, the spine is tender when pressed 
upon, the head projected forward and eyes staring ; 
tears flow down the face ; the teeth are ground ; a 
discharge flows from the nose, at first clear and wa- 
tery, afterwards red and containing some blood ; 
the breathing becomes quicker, more difficult, and 
labored as the disease advances ; the cough comes 
on in fits ; the nostrils are widened, and play to their 
utmost limit ; the body is covered with sweat ; the 
pulse becomes weaker and increased in frequency, 
and these symptoms increase in violence and become 
gradually worse until the animal dies. 

Treatment. — Give, the first twelve or twenty-four 
hours, the Specific for Fever, A A, a dose of five 
drops every two hours. 

After the fever and heat have been thus in a 
measure subdued, alternate the Specific for Inflam- 
ed Lungs, E E, with that for Fever, A A, at inter- 
vals of three hours, giving as before five drops at a 
dose. 

Continue this treatment steadily, except that un- 
less the case is very critical and urgent, the medicine 
need not be kept up during the night, but a dose of 
the Specific, E E, maybe given late in the night and 



PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 147 

be permitted to act undisturbed until the morning ; 
then go on as before. 

For food and stabling, consult the article on 

Pleurisy. 



l 3) 



Pleuropneumonia Pulmonary Murrain, 
Lung Disease. 

This disease is not at this time a frequent one in 
the United States, at least, in its more violent or 
epidemic form. But in Europe and the British 
Isles it has been known for many years, and has at 
times raged as a most destructive and fatal epide- 
mic, sweeping off a large proportion of the stock 
on a farm, and destroying every animal attacked. 
Old school treatment has met it and tried its re- 
sources upon it with much the same results as it 
has met the cholera or similar new diseases ; and 
after having assidiously purged, violently blistered 
and setoned its patients, and tried all its arts 
upon them, has only seen the victims die a little 
quicker under such treatment, than without any at 
all. So much so, that the belief obtains among 
very many cow-keepers that the disease is utterly 
incurable. 

Within the past year it has made its appearance 
in a section of this country, said to have been im- 
ported from Holland, and at recent dates was mak- 
ing sad ravages among the best imported stock of 
that vicinity. Within a few short months, it has 
extended in various directions from its first locality. 
overleaped all precautionary measures, thus far es- 
sayed for its arrest and removal, and is at this mo- 



148 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

ment occasioning the greatest alarm. The attempt 
to stay its progress by a sanitary cordon, and the 
indiscriminate slaughter of all animals tainted or 
suspected, though proper in themselves in reasonable 
limits, it is safe to say will fail, as all such attempts 
have failed in regard to cholera and similar diseases. 
Such invasions are only subdued when their true 
homoeopathic treatment is understood and the pre* 
ventive measures suggested by the law of Sirailia 
applied. That this will be the experience in regard 
to this new enemy we do not hesitate to affirm. 
According to all experience, it will prevail more or 
less extensively in this country, and hence, it is well 
to be acquainted with its symptoms and treatment. 

Homoeopathy has been very successful in subdu- 
ing this disease, and we are assured from repeated 
trials, that all animals maybe saved who are treated 
in the earlier stages, and even a fair proportion of 
the extreme cases. 

Causes. — The causes of such forms of disease are 
involved in obscurity, but it is well known that cer- 
tain circumstances strongly predispose to its devel- 
opment. These are : low, damp, badly-ventilated, 
ill-drained stables ; swampy, damp, fenny districts, 
in which there is great decomposition of vegetable 
matter. It usually prevails at certain seasons of 
the year, and is most common in the late fall and 
early spring months, or during damp chilly weather. 
Some animals are more liable to attack than others ; 
it is not so frequent and is more manageable in the 
open country than in extensive close stables in large 



PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 149 

towns, where animals are crowded together, live an 
unnatural life, and are milked very dry in order to 
increase the daily yield. Many persons suppose it 
to arise from some atmospheric condition, similar to 
that of cholera, and it is generally considered con- 
tagious, that is, communicated from diseased to 
healthy cows by contact or immediate contiguity. 

Symptoms. — These have been found to vary in 
different epidemics and seasons, nor does every ani- 
mal attacked present all the symptoms of the entire 
disease. Yet, taking several animals together, the 
complete picture of the disease will be found, and 
each animal will also present sufficient characteristic 
symptoms to identify the malady. In the first stage 
the attack has been known to vary, thus : the attack 
coming on with great violence, and running a rapid 
course in spite of all treatment ; or, it may come on 
slowly and insidiously, the animal not seeming very 
ill until her lungs are diseased beyond all hope of 
recovery ; or, it may announce itself with violent 
purging, great weakness, and rapid loss of flesh. 

The majority of cases, however, present the fol- 
lowing symptoms : a short, dry, husky cough which 
is heard only occasionally, and which is highly cha- 
racteristic of the disease, and when once heard will 
rarely be mistaken again. The owner says, perhaps, 
he has heard this " hoose" for two or three days, 
but has paid no attention to it. On inquiry, we find 
the animal does not give so much milk as usual, and 
that it has a slightly yellowish tinge ; the appetite 
is not much impaired, yet she is careless of her food 
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150 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

and does not lick her dish clean ; when at rest the 
breathing does not show any departure from its 
healthy play, but if the animal is moved about or 
walks some distance, it becomes more frequent, la- 
bored, and difficult ; the pulse is often healthy in 
character, although sometimes it is weak and slightly 
increased in frequency ; the bowels may be confined 
or purged or quite regular ; the body is sometimes 
hot, sometimes cold. The cow appears dull and list- 
less, and when at grass, separates herself from her 
companions, and lies on the ground when they are 
feeding. 

In the Second Stage. — The cough is now more 
frequent, and thick frothy phlegm dribbles from the 
mouth ; the breathing is short when the air is taken 
into the lungs, and long when it is pressed out of 
them ; the inhalation is attended with much pain, 
causing the animal to grunt and grate her teeth ; 
the grunt is heard when the animal is pressing the 
air out from her lungs ; the pain is evidently in- 
creased by coughing and change of position, and to 
lessen it the cough is now suppressed or held back, 
and is short, and the cow stands fixed in one place. 
The pain is owing to the pleura being inflamed, 
and the inflamed place may be ascertained by 
pressing the side along between the ribs with the 
point of the finger, when the animal will flinch and 
grunt at the diseased place. The pulse becomes 
quickened and oppressed ; the skin hard, tight, and 
bound to the ribs ; the horns are hotter and the 
muzzle drier than usual ; the head is lowered and 



PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 151 

thrust forward, with the nose poked out ; the back 
is raised up somewhat ; little or no food is eateu ; 
the cud is seldom or never chewed ; the milk is 
arrested ; bowels are bound, and when moved, the 
dung is in hard dry lumps. 

In the third stage. — The breathing is much more 
quickened, very difficult, labored, and even gasp- 
ing ; the breathing is carried on partly through the 
mouth, partly through the nose ; the breath has a 
bad smell ; a stringy frothy fluid constantly drib- 
bles from the mouth ; the cow groans loudly and 
frequently while the grunt is either gone or sub- 
dued; the pulse is quick, weak, and in some cases 
intermittent or even imperceptible ; the horns, ears, 
and legs are cold, the skin covered with cold sweat, 
the head and neck stretched out, and the nose 
poked into the corner of the manger ; the fore-legs 
are separated from each other, and fixed in one place 
unless the cow is restless and. uneasy ; sometimes 
the hind ones are crossed over each other, or the 
hind fetlock-joints are knuckled forward ; the stop-, 
page of milk is complete ; the animal is thin and re- 
duced to a skeleton ; the strength of course greatly 
impaired, so that she can scarcely cough ; the urine 
is very high-colored ; towards the last, violent purg- 
ing comes on, the discharged matter being quite 
watery, blackish, highly offensive, and sometimes 
mixed with blood ; eventually the cavity of the 
chest becomes so full of fluid or so much of the lung 
is condensed, that the breathing, from being more 
and more difficult, and labored, and frequent, at last 
ceases, and the animal is dead. 



152 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Treatment. — Preventive Measures. During the 
prevalence of such a disease, unusual care should be 
taken of all animals liable to it ; for although a con- 
tagion may be in the atmosphere or conveyed by 
contact, yet some untoward circumstance, such as 
cold, a chill, exposure, or bad food or ventilation, 
always provokes the attack ; hence, at such times 
especial care should be exercised, that food, hous- 
ing, and general management should be unexcep- 
tionable. 

Give, also; an exposed animal the Specific for 
Inflamed Lungs, E E, a dose of five or eight 
drops every night or every second night, experience 
having abundantly shown that the Specific for a dis- 
ease always acts as a preventive when given before 
the attach. Medicines if specific and thus given, are 
as surely protective as is vaccination a preventive of 
the small-pox. 

At the first indications of the disease, the "hoose," 
which may be a day or two before any other symp- 
toms, give the Specific for Cough, E E, and repeat 
it two or three times per day, a dose of five drops, 
and the disease will go no farther. 

Should the disease have manifested itself with 
some violence, cough, breathing more or less labor- 
ed and painful, manifested with the grunt, give the 
Specific for Fever, A A, every two hours, for 
twelve hours, and then alternate it with the Specific 
for Inflamed Lungs, E E, at intervals of two or 
three hours. 

In the fully developed cases of the disease, when 
there is less heat and fever, but great weakness, 
wheezing, short difficult breathing, small quick weak 
pulse, cold clammy sweats, cold extremities, or with 
violent purging of blackish offensive matter, omit 
the Fever Specific, A A, and give instead every 
two hours, first the Specific for Inflamed Lungs, 



PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 153 

E E, a dose of five or eight drops, and the next two 
hours the Specific, I I, for Ulcerations, a dose 
also of five or eight drops, and thus continue the 
two remedies alternately. This is the treatment for 
all the more advanced, confirmed, or malignant 
forms of this disease, the one remedy correspond- 
ing to the local affection of the lung and pleura, 
and the other to the malignant and septic character 
of the general affection. 

The existence of dark, fetid, and bloody dis- 
charges, is no contra'-indication for the use of these 
Specifics, which are fully adapted to that condition. 

Food and stabling should be carefully directed, 
as under the article on Pleurisy, page 145. 

Diseased cattle should at once be removed from 
the healthy stock, and be housed by themselves at 
some distance from the rest of the herd. The sta- 
ble should be dry and well ventilated ; air and light 
should be freely admitted, although all draughts are 
highly injurious, and must be guarded against. 



CHAPTER III. 
DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION. 

Loss of the Cud. 
This is a mere symptom which accompanies many- 
diseases, and even morbid conditions, which scarcely 
deserve the name of disease, and will yield with the 
removal of the ailment of which it is a mere symp- 
tom. Sometimes it may be present when nothing 
else is sufficiently tangible to warrant treatment, or 
it may continue after the disease otherwise seems to 
have been removed. 

Treatment. — In any case in which it appears to 
exist independently, or to be the principal symptom, 
give five drops of the Specific for Indigestion, J J, 
morning and night. The cud will soon return. 

Colic. 
This disease is not so dangerous as tympanitis, yet 
it may prove fatal from bad treatment or neglect. 
It is generally the result of improper or indigestible 
food, or food in too great quantity, or that to which 
the animal is not accustomed. If colic comes on, 
after indigestible food, it is accompanied by consti- 
pation and thirst. Certain kinds of food, such as 
grains, oats, decayed turnips or cabbages, or dry 



CONSTIPATION. 155 

food, are liable to induce it, or it may arise from ex- 
posure to cold, when the body is warm, or from cold 
drinking with heated body. 

Symptoms. — Sudden manifestation of pain in the 
belly, by uneasiness, pawing the ground, striking the 
belly with the hind legs or horns, often lying down 
and then rising, grinding the teeth, and moaning. 
When caused by wind, the belly is much swelled on 
the left side ; and there is frequent passage of flatus. 
The animal's back is arched, and she frequently looks 
at her flanks, scrapes with her fore-feet, and kicks 
with the hind ones. All these symptoms increase, 
until she expires amid groans and grinding of the 
teeth. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Colic, F F, will 
almost invariably be found successful. Give a dose 
of five or eight drops, every half-hour, until relieved. 
If not better after a few doses, and should there be 
fever, alternate the Specific A A, for Fever, with 
that for Colic, at the same intervals. 

Constipation. 

This is rarely of grave consequence in cattle, and 
when it exists, is usually a symptom of some other 
disease. When present, a dose of five drops of the 
Specific for Indigestiont, J J, given morning and 
night, will soon set all right again. If there is sus- 
picion of some inflammatory condition lurking in the 
system, the Fever Specific, A A, will have the like 
effect. 



156 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Hoove or Blown, Over-fed. 

The most frequent cause is turning an animal into 
rich pasture, when the stomach, from over-eating, 
becomes so distended as not to be able to act upon 
its contents. The food then undergoes chemical 
changes, in the process of which an immense amount 
of gas or wind is generated, producing swelling, dis- 
tension, etc. ; drinking very cold water, and espe- 
cially eating too much bran, chaff, grains, oats, 
wheat, corn, is followed by similar consequences, in 
an intensified degree. 

Symptoms. — The disease is known by the animal 
being swelled, or " blown" over the whole belly, but 
especially at the stomach and left side, where the 
distended stomach lies ; the swelling yields to the 
finger, and gives a hollow drum-like sound when 
struck ; there are sour or noisome belchings of wind ; 
the cow does not move, moans and breathes with 
difficulty, neither eats nor chews the cud. 

As the disease progresses, the pulse becomes full 
and hard, and quicker than before ; the eyes are red 
and protruded; the mouth is filled with frothy slaver, 
and the tongue hangs out ; the back is crouched, and 
legs drawn under the body ; the cow becomes insen- 
sible when the swelling is at its hight ; she stands in 
one place, continually moaning or grunting; she 
falls and struggles violently ; sour fluid mixed with 
food rises from the stomach, and is discharged from 
her nostrils and mouth, and at last death. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Colic, F F, 
every fifteen minutes, a dose of five or eight drops. 



DIARRHEA, SCOURING. 157 

After an hour, alternate it with the Specific for In- 
digestion, J J, at the same intervals ; and when 
better, prolong the intervals to half an hour, hour, 
and two hours successively. In some extreme cases, 
when, as from eating new clover, the production of 
gas is immense, and the animal rapidly growing 
worse, the trocar, or even a narrow-bladed knife, 
may be used, to afford immediate relief. It must be 
plunged inward and downward into the paunch, on 
the left side of the belly, midway between the last 
rib and the haunch-bone. This is only a resource 
in extremity, as the Specifics in all such cases act 
promptly and perfectly. 

Diarrhea, Scouring. 

Diarrhea is more common in old cattle and calves 
than in those of middle age ; when it is generally of 
little importance, soon correcting itself, especially in 
the spring, when herds are first turned into green 
fields. The usual causes are, decayed cabbages, bad 
grains, or other improper food or impure water; 
sudden change to rich pastures ; the use of purga- 
tive medicines ; exposure to cold and wet ; acrid 
bile ; sudden change from dry to wet weather, or 
severe exertion in hot dry weather. 

Symptoms. — The disease comes on slowly, with 
staring coat, shaking, arched back, fore-legs drawn 
together, cold legs, ears, and horns, weak pulse, 
tucked-up belly, bowels rather looser than usual, 
deficient appetite. The animal becomes thinner, 
more depressed and dull ; little or no milk is given, 
and the bowels are purged to an alarming extent. 
This purging may stop, and then reappear to end 
fatally, or terminate in dysentery. 
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158 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Treatment. — We should of course give food not 
so loosening in its character, and the Specific 
for Diarrhea, F F, a dose of five drops, two or 
three times per day, will usually be found quite suf- 
ficient. In extreme cases, or in case of failure with 
this remedy, the Specific for Ulcers, I I, may be 
alternated with it, at the same or even more frequent 
intervals. 

Diarrhea, or Skit in Calves. 

This disease is quite common, and sometimes dan- 
gerous. It may be produced by sudden change of 
food, too much or too little food, or from some pe- 
culiarity in the mother's milk. It may sometimes be 
the natural means of throwing off something that is 
injurious to the calf, and hence it would be improper 
to arrest it. Only when the animal becomes weak, 
off its food, does not chew the cud, w r hen there are 
pains in the belly, or the dung is slimy or mixed 
with blood, or the discharge is like cream, with wast- 
ing of the body, are we imperatively called upon to 
interfere. 

Treatment. — Give three drops of the Specific for 
Diarrhea, F F, two or three times per day. If it 
does not yield promptly, interpose a dose or two of 
the Specific for Ulcers, 1 1, between the others. 

Food — No green food, but gruel of flour or starch, 
or cooked milk. 

Dysentery, Bloody Flux. 
This is a very severe and often fatal form of dis- 
ease, which prevails mostly in spring and fall ; and 
in some sections of country, and in peculiar states 
of the weather and growth of feed, becomes a most 



DYSENTERY, BLOODY FLUX. 159 

destructive scourge. It is usually attributed to feed 
growing upon wet or marshy grounds, or grounds 
sometimes under water; or to rank grass growing 
in the woods ; or drink from impure, still, and stag- 
nant waters. It appears when animals are exposed 
to alternations of hot or cold weather, live upon bad 
food, or are over-driven. It is seen in cattle driven a 
long distance, and insufficiently or badly fed, or with 
food to which they are not accustomed. Poor and 
fat cattle are alike subject to it ; it comes on after 
" hoose," or the disappearance of some skin disease, 
or sudden stoppage of milk, or as a termination of 
diarrhea. 

Symptoms. — Shaking, dullness, anxiety, dry skin, 
slightly rough hair, and general uneasiness. In some 
cases, the bow^els seem bound, the dung hard, dry, 
in small lumps, and the discharge attended with 
pain; in others the dung is soft, discharged fre- 
quently, and the animal wastes', and loses appetite 
and spirits. In others again, the purging is almost 
constant, attended with pain, gripes, straining, and 
forcing out of the fundament. In this stage the dis- 
charge is watery, mixed with white shreds, or dark- 
colored blood, with little or no dung, and attended 
with a horribly bad smell. These violent symptoms 
may disappear, but the purging and wasting con- 
tinue as bad as ever, or stop for a short time, and 
then return again, and continue until the animal is 
worn out by the constant drain ; or the dysenteric 
discharges are arrested and improvement begins and 
goes on slowly. In some extreme cases, the wasting 



160 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

is so excessive that the animal is reduced to a mere 
bag of bones, the joints swelled, body covered with 
sores, strength gone, eyes hollow and dim, parts 
under the jaw enlarged, body covered with vermin, 
discharges mixed with blood, and horribly offensive, 
and the skin bedewed with cold sweat. Such ex- 
treme cases are often hopeless. 

Treatment. — Give five drops of the Specific for 
Dysentery, F F, every three hours, or even more 
frequently in the more urgent cases. 

In the extreme cases, with great prostration and 
weakness, alternate the Specific for Ulcers, I I, with 
that for Dysentery, F F, at intervals of two or three 
hours, and continue this course patiently, prolonging 
the intervals between the doses as the animal im- 
proves. 

Irregular Teeth 

May be looked for if an animal presents the fol- 
lowing symptoms : . The beast becoming thinner 
gradually, and eating less food than usual; slaver 
dribbling from the mouth along with half-chewed 
food, especially while the cow is cudding ; she is 
" hoven" at different times ; a bad smell comes from 
the mouth, arising from ulceration of the side of the 
cheek, caused by irregular teeth. 

Treatment. — The mouth must be carefully exam- 
ined, and all long or irregular teeth must be short- 
ened and smoothed by means of the tooth-rasp. 

Jaundice, the Yellows. 
This may be caused by torpidity of the liver it- 
self, or obstruction of the gall-duct, in consequence 



JAUNDICE, THE YELLOWS. 161 

of hardened bile (gall-stones) filling up the passage, 
or from the presence of the fluke-worm in the gall- 
duct; or it may arise from inflammation or other 
disease of the liver. 

Symptoms. — These will vary from the progress 
and severity of the disease, and the causes which 
produce it, but will essentially be as follows : In some 
cases the pulse is full, hard, and accelerated ; the 
breathing quickened, with panting at the flanks, 
thirst, hot mouth, scanty urine, loss of cud and ap- 
petite, and other symptoms of fever. In other cases 
there is loss of spirits, dullness, or sleepiness unwill- 
ingness to move, and weakness ; the body wastes 
and shows other signs of impaired condition; the 
eyes, skin, and urine are at first tinged with yellow, 
which afterwards becomes deeper and more distinct; 
scales form on the skin; the bowels are at first con- 
fined, but purging afterwards comes on, and may be 
so rapid and excessive that it can not be arrested, 
and the animal dies in consequence. The milk also 
becomes yellowish and somewhat bitter. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Jaundice, J J, may 
be given, five drops, morning and night, in the tor- 
pid cases, when there is little or no fever. But when 
fever and hot mouth are present, alternate the Specific 
for Fever, A A, with that for Jaundice, J J, four 
times per day. 

If a violent purging comes on, give five drops of 
the Specific for Diarrhea, F F, every hour or two, 
until relieved — and then return to the Specific for 
Jaundice, 1 1. 

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162 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Hepatitis, Inflammation of the Liver. 

This disease is more common in oxen than in 
horses. It is rarely seen except in winter, and in 
animals fed in the stable. It may be mistaken for 
inflammation of the chest, to which it has some re- 
semblance. 

Symptoms. — The animal prefers lying down, but 
always on the left side, and with the head turned to 
the right. The heat is greater in the region of the 
liver, on the right side, and pressure there induces 
pain ; the animal eats little or nothing, and can not 
walk or stand up without pain, constantly stumbling. 
If the disease is acute, there is high fever, with in- 
creased heat of body and accelerated pulse ; the 
horns and ears are alternately hot and cold ; the 
milk is yellowish and bitter, portions of the skin are 
denuded of hair ; the eyes, mouth, gums, and tongue, 
(which is covered with thick mucus,) the nose and 
teats are yelloio; the urine is of deep yellow color; 
and there is sometimes a dry and painful cough. In 
chronic hepatitis, the fever is inconsiderable or want- 
ing altogether, but the yellow tint is more marked 
and general ; the milk equally yellow and bitter, soon 
forms a caseous mass, from which a yellow serum 
separates ; the right side of the body seems tense 
and swollen ; the intestines do not empty themselves, 
or the scanty dejections resemble putty or clay. 
The acute form lasts from eight to fifteen days, and 
the chronic many months. 



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Treatment. — In the more acute form, attended 
with heat and fever, the Specific for Fever, A A, 
should be given, a dose of five drops, four times per 
day. 

In the chronic form, the Fever Specific, A A, may- 
be given each morning, and that for Indigestion, 
J J, each evening, which will usually be found suffi- 
cient. 

Gloss Anthrax, Blain, Black Tongue. 

This is an epidemic, and sometimes fearfully fatal, 
disease, which has prevailed under different modifi- 
cations, at various seasons, in different sections of 
country. It appears to have its origin in some pe- 
culiar atmospheric conditions, favored doubtless by 
exposure or impoverished keeping, and is then propa- 
gated from diseased to healthy animals. It is most 
common in spring and fall. 

Symptoms. — The animal appears low-spirited, dull, 
and does not eat or chew the cud; a clear fluid with- 
out smell, constantly flows from the mouth ; the head 
and neck constantly swell, until they are much in- 
creased in size ; the breathing becomes difficult and 
obstructed, in some cases so much so that the animal 
can not breathe, and death results early from suffo- 
cation; the fluid from the mouth becomes like mat- 
ter, or is mixed with blood, and of very disagreeable 
odor; the tongue becomes swollen, and its sides 
covered with large red blisters, which rapidly in- 
crease in size, and at* last burst, discharging their 
contents, and leaving deep sores, which are apt to 
mortify. Other blisters successively arise, and run 



164 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

the same course. Symptoms of low fever come on, 
the whole of the tongue becomes inflamed and 
swelled ; at last a portion of it mortifies, turns black, 
and the animal dies, sometimes within a few hours 
from the beginning of the disease. 

Treatment. — The diseased animal must be re- 
moved from the herd, and care be taken to prevent 
healthy animals being affected, by not using the 
same dishes or articles for both. The attendant 
should be careful not to get the fluid from the mouth 
upon any sore on the hand or person, or he will be 
likely to suffer. The blisters forming on the tongue 
or mouth of the animal should be opened freely as 
early as possible. 

Food. — As the cow can not swallow, on account 
of the pain and swelling of the tongue, gruel should 
be horned down occasionally during the day. Some 
should also be placed before her, so that she may 
take it if she feels disposed. 

Give the Specific for Distemper, C C, a dose of 
five or eight drops, every one, two, or three hours, 
according to the intensity of the disease. No other 
remedy so perfectly meets the case, and no other 
proves so efficient. 

Splenitis, or Inflammation of the Spleen. 

Splenitis is rarely observed in oxen except in cold, 
damp weather, and differs from carbuncle or ty- 
phus, but occasions death no less rapidly. Its prom- 
inent symptom is a brownish color of the tongue. 
It is most frequent among working cattle, especially 
if put to labor soon after eating, and before they 
have had time to chew the cud. 

Symptoms. — It generally begins with symptoms 
of pain in the belly, attended with quickened breath- 



SPLENITIS. 165 

ing and heaving at the flanks ; pain is manifested at 
the upper part of the flanks when pressed upon ; 
the muzzle is dry and roughened, and the tongue 
brownish ; there are frequent low moanings ; no 
appetite or chewing of the cud ; a swelling will be 
found at the left side and flank, which may be mis- 
taken for hoove ; but the two diseases will be dis- 
tinguished by noticing that in hoove the swelling 
is greater and conies on veryrapidly, and that when 
struck upon a clear, hollow, drum-like sound is re- 
turned, while in inflammation of the spleen the 
sound is dull and heavy ; the animal is lame when 
he walks, or he walks with difficulty. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Fever, A A, will 
be found to cover the disease perfectly. Give five 
or eight drops every four hours. 



CHAPTER IV. 

DISEASES OF THE URINARY AND 
GENITAL ORGANS. 

Dropping after Calving ; Milk Fever ; Puer- 
peral Fever. 

This disease is of frequent occurrence, and quite 
liable to be fatal, unless under proper homoeopathic 
treatment. It is much more prevalent some sea- 
sons than others, owing, doubtless, to peculiar atmo- 
spheric conditions, and more malignant some sea- 
sons than others. The ordinary methods of treat- 
ment, purging, bleeding, etc., does far more harm 
than good, and few cows survive the double inflic- 
tion of such dosing and disease combined. The 
proper use of the Homoeopathic Specific, however, 
rarely fails to restore even in the worst cases. 

There are certain causes which predispose to this 
disease, thus fat, stall-fed cows are more liable to 
it than poor or lean ones ; the complaint is more 
common in the variable weather of early spring and 
late fall ; a cow once having the disease is more 
liable to a return than others. The exciting causes 
are : exposure to cold and wet ; driving the cow a 
long journey too soon ; giving too much or too 
rich food soon after calving. 



DROPPING AFTER CALVING. 167 

Symptoms. — This fever begins shortly after calv- 
ing, usually within twenty-four hours ; if three or 
four days pass over, the cow may be considered safe 
from an attack. The earlier symptoms are: the 
cow refuses her food or eats only a little of it ; she 
is depressed, hangs her head and looks dull ; the 
horns are hot; the nose, instead of being damp 
with healthy dew, becomes hot and dry ; the urine 
is scanty ; the bowels are confined, or, if moved, the 
dung is hard and lumpy ; the pulse is quicker and 
fuller than in health ; the breathing is quickened 
and attended with heaving at the flanks. 

To these warning symptoms are added with more 
or less rapidity, the more formidable ones which 
are often first to attract the attention of the owner. 
The milk is reduced in quantity or entirely stopped ; 
the eyes glisten, and look bright and staring ; the 
white of the eye is covered with numerous red 
streaks, or is of a leaden color ; the eye-balls are 
thrust forward in their sockets, giving the cow a 
somewhat wild and anxious expression ; the hind- 
legs seem weak, and are separated a little from each 
other ; she appears to stand uneasily upon them, 
resting for a time on one foot and then changing to 
the other ; this paddling and shifting from one leg 
to another continues as the difficulty of standing in- 
creases, until the animal supports herself by leaning 
against the stall ; she. does not chew the cud ; all 
discharge from the bearing is stopped ; the calf is 
neglected ; the pulse becomes slower than before, 
and the breathing more difficult ; the udder is hard 



168 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

and swelled, and little or no milk can be drawn 
from it ; gradually becoming worse, the weakness 
in the hind-legs increases, so they can no longer 
support her ; she staggers and sways about, falling at 
length heavily on the ground ; she struggles, tries 
to rise again, and may or may not succeed, but in 
either case soon loses the power of rising, and lies 
helpless upon the ground. In this stage of the com- 
plaint the symptoms vary. In some cases we have 
the following : the cow tosses her head from side 
to side, writhes her body, and lashes her tail, 
struggles, stretches out her hind-legs, moans and 
bellows, and seems to suffer great pain. The breath- 
ing is also difficult and labored ; the skin covered 
with clammy sweat ; the paunch enormously swol- 
len from accumulated gas. Unless this swelling 
subsides, the breathing becomes more difficult and 
labored ; the pulse more rapid and oppressed, so as 
scarcely to be counted ; the legs very cold ; pain 
is worse ; fetid gas rises from the stomach, and 
death ensues. 

In other cases the foregoing symptoms are ab- 
sent, or exist only in a slight degree ; and we have 
the following : The cow lies stretched out at full 
length on her side, or her head is brought to the 
opposite side, with the nose towards the shoulder, 
and the chin on the ground; or the head is twisted 
directly backward, with the nose held out, and the 
horns upon the shoulder, in the most awkward man- 
ner. The eyes are dim and glassy ; the pupils are 
dilated, rounded, and do not contract at the ap- 



DROPPING AFTER CALVING. 169 

proach of light ; the ears drop ; the mouth is partly 
open ; the lower jaw drops if the head is raised ; she 
has not the power to hold up the head ; she has 
lost the sense of feeling, and can scarcely swallow, 
if at all ; difficult rattling breathing ; pulse weak, 
slow, and intermittent, or even imperceptible ; 
horns, legs, and surface cold and chilly ; swelling of 
the belly increases; udder swelled, hard, and some- 
times red on the outside ; in some cases dung and 
urine suppressed. All these symptoms become 
worse by degrees, and unless relieved, death ensues 
generally within two days from the attack— some- 
times in a few hours. 

Treatment.— The symptoms of this disease ap- 
pear so suddenly, and run so rapid a course, that 
if the disease is prevailing, or there is reason from 
any cause to apprehend it, the cow should be watch- 
ed about the time of calving, and a dose or two of 
the Fever Specific, A A, should be given soon 
after This will act as a preventive, and arrest any 
premonitions of the disease, and we would counsel 
its continuance ; at least an occasional dose morning 
and night for two or three days. It wall favor the 
early and feverless production of milk, and prevent 
the formation of fever. 

Should the disease have made its appearance with 
evident fever, unequal warmth, bloating, suppressed 
discharge from the bearing, etc., give the Specific 
for *ever, A A, a dose of five or eight drops every 
two or three hours until the disease is arrested. 
This remedy is the appropriate specific for all the 
stages and forms of this disease, and requires only 
its faithful employment to relieve and cure even 
the most formidable cases. 



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170 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Only in the last extremity, with labored breath- 
ing, extreme bloating, and entire loss or rapid fail- 
ure of strength, the Specific for Ulcers, 1 1, may be 
alternated with the Fever Specific, A A, at inter- 
vals of two hours until the system rallies, when the 
former medicine may be continued alone. 

The cow should be placed in a clean, roomy stall, 
so as to be allowed to rise and to be attended with 
facility ; laid on clean, dry straw, no dung allowed 
to remain, and be comfortably clothed according to 
the season. The milk should be frequently drawn 
off, and the udder hand-rnbbed. She should lie 
with the fore-part of her body higher than the hind- 
er part, or on a level, with her legs under her in a 
natural position. She must be on her side and sup- 
ported by bundles of straw, and on no account be 
allowed to lie out full stretched, in which position 
she will become worse, and surely die. Small quan- 
tities of warm gruel are best for food. 

Abortion or Slinking. 

The natural period of calving is two hundred 
and eighty-five days after conception ; if it occurs 
before this period it is termed an abortion. A cow 
is most liable to abort between the fifth and eighth 
mouth. At some seasons, from causes never fully 
explained, but supposed to be atmospheric, cows 
are very liable to slink their calves ; and when it 
occurs in a herd, it is very liable to extend to others, 
and may become very general, unless proper mea- 
sures are taken to arrest it. 

Aside from the endemic or epidemic causes ad- 
verted to, the more common occasions of slinking 
are : blows, falls, strains, severe exertions, and in- 



ABORTION OR SINKING. 171 

juries, or other forcible or violent movements ; se- 
vere illness, such as consumption, hoove, inflamma- 
tion of the bowels, especially if caused by eating 
grass covered with hoar frost ; eating herbs which 
grow in low marshy places ; drinking water impreg- 
nated with iron ; intercourse with the bull during 
pregnancy ; exposure to foul smells arising from de- 
cayed animal matter, especially if it be the cleansing 
of a cow that has just slunk ; over-fed cows are 
more liable to miscarry than those in moderate con- 
dition ; suddenly placing a lean, starved cow upon 
a rich pasture, or a fat cow upon poor food ; fright 
may produce it. A cow w r ho has once aborted is 
almost certain to do so again. 

Symptoms. — The indications which should warn 
an owner that his cow is about to miscarry are often 
unnoticed, unless he is particularly observing. They 
are as follows : Dullness, loss of spirits, want of ap- 
petite, loss of cud, more or less complete, arrested 
secretion of milk, hollow flanks, enlargement of the 
lower part of the belly, staggering whilst walking, 
disinclination to move, both when standing up and 
when lying down, The movements of the calf pre- 
viously vigorous, become less frequent, and soon 
cease; the breathing is labored and quickened; a 
yellowish discharge comes from the vagina ; the 
belly continues to fall; the cow is feverish and 
moans occasionally ;. the calf-bed contracts at last, 
and expels the calf, which is usually dead or dies in 
a short time. 



172 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Treatment. — The cow should be placed by her- 
self in a well-aired, quiet stable ; food should be 
light and sloppy ; fat cows should not be fed on 
rich and stimulating food, while lean ones should 
receive that which is more nourishing. If the calf 
is dead, the sooner it passes off the better ; and it 
should be deeply buried away from the cattle or 
herd. 

Give five drops of the Specific for Miscarriage, 
G G, every four hours. 

This interval should elapse between doses, as too 
rapid ones may even defeat the object, by over-ex- 
citement of the system, while a single dose often 
arrests a miscarriage at once. 

If a cow has previously miscarried, she should 
have every few days along about the time when it 
may be expected, a dose of the above Specific as a 
preventive ; or if slinking prevails in a herd or 
neighborhood, a dose of the Specific for Miscar- 
riage, G G, given once or twice per week, will ar- 
rest its progress and prevent miscarriage, a result 
that can only be achieved by this benign and scien- 
tific treatment. 

Cleaning after Calving. 

In some cases, from torpidity of the calf-bed, the 
after-birth is retained, which may result in very se- 
rious consequences. 

A dose of five drops of the Specific for Miscar- 
riage, G G, will soon cause its expulsion and the 
healthy cleaning of the animal. It may be repeated 
at intervals of four hours, if necessary. 

Flooding after Calving. 
Some blood is necessarily lost after calving, and 
it is only when the amount is excessive or continues 



SORE TEATS. 173 

some time, or threatens to weaken or destroy the 
animal, that the term flooding can be applied to it. 
It may be occasioned by injuries received during 
the process of delivery, or from the calf-bed not 
sufficiently contracting from atony of that organ. 

The symptoms need not be described ; any contin- 
uous flowing from the bearing, before or after de- 
livery, and especially after the passage of the cleans- 
ing, should receive medication. 

Treatment. — The cow should be kept quiet and 
be permitted to lie down, and five drops of the Spe- 
cific for Hemorrhage, G G, be given every hour, or 
even every half-hour in urgent cases. 

Cold injections, cold wet cloths applied to the 
loins, or cold water poured upon the belly, are not 
necessary, and are not without danger. 

Sore Teats. 

The teats crack into sores, which become painful, 
and discharge, the contents mingling with the milk; 
the pain occasioned during milking renders the cow 
restive, and soon tends to make her vicious and to 
keep back her milk ; garget hence is apt to arise 
from the milk remaining in the udder and causing 
irritation. 

Treatment. — The majority of cases will be ra- 
pidly cured by washing them carefully and gently 
with warm water, morning and night, and then 
dressing them with the Pond's Extract, giving, 
also, morning and night, five drops of the Specific 
for Ulcers, 1 1. Great care should also be taken to 
perfectly empty the udder at each milking. 
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174 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Garget, or Inflammation of the Udder. 

This is most likely to arise after the first calving, 
and may be traced to exposure to cold and damp, 
especially if the cow is in good condition, or from 
not milking the cow clean, so that the milk remains 
and causes irritation, or in some cases, the bag may 
be wounded by lying upon it. 

Symptoms. — A portion of the bag becomes hot, 
painful, and swollen ; then little hard lumps can be 
felt in the teats or in one quarter of the bag ; other 
parts of it become affected in the same way ; the 
pulse is full, quick, and hard ; breathing is quicken- 
ed ; the mouth and horns hot ; bowels bound, and 
other symptoms of fever are present. If the dis- 
ease is allowed to go on, the fever becomes more 
severe ; the cow does not eat or chew the cud ; the 
swelling, previously hard, becomes soft from the 
formation of matter ; the milk becomes mixed with 
matter, and in some cases, with blood. If the mat- 
ter is not let out, it will spread through the bag, 
making its way slowly to the skin, through which it 
at last bursts, leaving deep long ulcers, which heal 
with difficulty, and in many cases a portion of the 
udder is lost, as regards its power to produce milk. 
If this result is avoided by judicious treatment, 
some hardness may remain which requires time to 
remove. 

Treatment. — Keep the udder well milked out, 
and give the Specific for Fever, A A, five drops 
four times per day. This will generally disperse the 
heat, hardness, and inflammation. But should sup- 



RED WATER. 



175 



puration have come on, and the abscess point or 
show a soft spot, lance it, and then give the Specific 
for Ulcers, 1 1, morning and night, until healed. 

Red Water. 

This disease is most common in spring and fall, 
and most frequent in low, damp places ; it may be 
brought on by eating certain medicinal plants or by 
drinking impure water ; sudden changes of weather, 
or disorders of the stomach and liver, or change of 
pasture, sometimes induce it, and it is not unfre- 
quent after calving. 

Symptoms. — The earlier symptoms, such as dull- 
ness, loss of appetite, staring coat, dry nose, and 
tender loins, may not be observed, and the color of 
the urine may be the first thing to attract attention 
or indicate the nature of the complaint. The water 
is at first more or less red ; the breathing is quick, 
labored, and attended with heaving at the flanks ; 
the legs, ears, and horns are cold ; the pulse is small 
and wiry, and the milk is of a reddish hue. As 
the disease advances, the urine increases in redness, 
and towards the last becomes yellowish and then 
quite black ; the pulse becomes weak ; the white of 
the eye, and every part of the skin that can be 
seen, are of a brownish yellow color, the animal 
gradually loses strength and flesh, the eyes are 
sunken in their sockets, and at last death ensues, 
preceded in some cases, by excessive purging. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Fever, A A, 
a dose of five drops three or four times per day. 



176 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

Should the disease not yield within two or three 
days, the Fever Specific may be alternated with 
that for Scanty Urination, H H, three or four 
times per day. The first-mentioned Specific will, 
however, generally be found sufficient. 

Suppressed or Scanty Urination. 

This is usually the result of some disease of the 
kidneys or a mere symptom of other morbid con- 
dition, or it may arise from a paralytic condition of 
the bladder itself. This condition will generally be 
promptly relieved by giving a few doses of the Spe- 
cific for Scanty or Suppressed Urination, H H, 
at intervals of four, six, or twelve hours, according 
to the urgency of the case. 

Inflammation of the Bladder, Cystitis. 

This disease is not so common in cattle as in 
horses, but may be occasioned by cold or injuries in 
the region of the loins. It is manifested by the fol- 
lowing 

Symptoms. — The animal constantly keeps the 
back arched ; the walk is stiff, and the animal when 
standing leans against something on one side or the 
other; frequent effort to pass water, but to little 
purpose, as only a small quantity of deep red color, 
is passed at a time. The bowels are bound, evacu- 
ations scanty, and passed with pain. There is no 
appetite or rumination, but intense thirst ; the eyes 
are prominent and countenance evinces great dis- 
tress. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS, ETC. 177 

Treatment. — The Specific for Inflamed Blad- 
der, H H, will be found perfectly appropriate, and 
may be repeated in doses of five drops every two or 
four hours, until entire relief is experienced. 

Inflammation of the Kidneys, Nephritis. 

This disease has many symptoms in common with 
Cystitis, and its treatment scarcely differs. It oc- 
casionally occurs in cattle, and may be excited by 
blows upon the loins, calculi, or small stones formed 
in the kidneys, or by eating poisonous plants, or the 
use of strong allopathic medicines. 

Symptoms. — The animal brings the fore-legs to- 
gether, bends the back downwards, and presses with 
pain when endeavoring to pass water ; the loins are 
hot, more so than the remainder of the body, some- 
times even burning. The rectum is hot, dung scan- 
ty, and passed with pain. There is great desire to 
pass water, but only a few drops escape, which is 
at first limpid, then thick and of deep red color. 
The gait is stiff, appetite gone, no rumination, but 
great thirst. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Inflamed 
Kidneys, II H, a dose of five drops every two, 
three, or four hours, according to the intensity of 
the disease. It will be found entirely sufficient. 

Gonorrhea, Bull-Burnt, Clap. 
This disease is usually a consequence of diseased 
organs of the other sex ; or it may be induced in a 
modified degree from want of cleanliness or from 
the irritation of repeated acts of coition. 



178 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

If it arises from contact with the diseased organs 
of the male, it begins to manifest itself in from two 
to four days after connection, the first symptoms 
being a peculiar side-motion of the tail, which is 
otherwise kept rather close over the fundament ; 
the bearing is at first swelled and sore, afterwards 
much more swollen, separated, and red on the in- 
side ; a mattery discharge sometimes in considerable 
quantities flows out ; the urine is small in quantity, 
made very frequently, and with much pain. 

In the male the sheath is red and swelled ; a con- 
stant discharge of matter issues from it ; great pain 
and scalding attend the act of urinating, and the 
water is voided in small quantities and in a jerking 
manner. 

Treatment. — The prepuce or sheath of the bull, 
and the bearing of the cow should be cleansed and 
kept clean with tepid water and soap ; after which 
the parts may be washed with Pond's Extract, and 
it may be injected, morning and night. Give four 
times per day five drops of the Specific for Pain- 
ful Urination, H H, and continue its use two or 
four times per day until cured. The Specific, H H, 
will entirely control the disease, yet if time is im- 
portant we can hasten the cure by means of the 
Extract as above indicated. 



PART III. 

DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



CHAPTER I. 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 

AphthaB or Thrush. 
Thrush is very frequently connected with foot-rot, 
either as a symptom or a result. It is manifested by 
the animal refusing to eat the customary food ; dull- 
ness ; the cud is not chewed ; frothy, stringy saliva 
flows from the mouth, which is found, on examina- 
tion, covered with small blisters, and the animal 
grows thin and poor. 

Treatment. — A few doses of the Specific for Dis- 
temper, C C, given morning and night, will prompt- 
ly cure. Two or five drops are sufficient for a dose. 

Hoove, Fog, Blast, Blown. 
This disease is usually occasioned from eating clo- 
ver, turnips, etc. 



180 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 

Symptoms. — The whole belly is much enlarged ; 
the swelling is most manifest at the flanks and on 
the left side ; the swelling is elastic, and gives a 
hollow sound when struck ; the breathing is much 
impeded and very difficult ; the sheep does not eat ; 
appears drowsy and sleepy ; at last it becomes un- 
conscious, and then dies. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Wind Blown, FF, 
is perfectly appropriate, and maybe repeated every 
hour until relieved. Five drops may be given as a 
dose. 

Enteritis, Inflammation of the Bowels. 

This disease is manifested by the following symp- 
toms : violent and constant pain in the bowels, pro- 
ducing at first uneasiness and then rolling about on 
the ground ; the sheep almost constantly getting 
up and lying down again ; it sometimes lies on its 
back, the ground is pawed, the belly struck with 
the hind-feet, etc. These symptoms of pain are at- 
tended with confined bowels, quick pulse, cold legs 
and nose ; the belly is tender when pressed upon, 
and the sheep becomes much reduced in flesh and 
strength. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Fever, A A, is the 
appropriate remedy for this disease, and may be 
given three drops every one, two, or three hours, 
according to the urgency of the disease. 

In cases of extreme distress it may be alternated 
with the Specific for Colic, F F, at intervals of a 
half-hour or hour, until relieved. But usually, the 
first-named Specific will be quite sufficient. 



DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY. 181 

9 

Diarrhea. 

Purging is most common in spring, and is then 
occasioned by fresh grass to which the flock are un- 
accustomed ; lambs are subject to a severe and often 
fatal form of this complaint, caused by the irritation 
of grass eaten for the first time. In some instances 
it may be occasioned by cold or by a peculiar irrita- 
tion of the mother's milk. 

Symptoms. — The disease is manifested by dis- 
charge of various colors, and sometimes very pro- 
fuse. It is accompanied with loss of appetite and 
wasting of flesh. 

Treatment. — If the discharge is merely the effort 
of nature to rid the system of some hurtful sub- 
stance, it will require no interference. But if it is 
excessive or wasting, two or three drops of the Spe- 
cific for Diarrhea, F F, given morning and night, 
will usually be sufficient to arrest the disease. 

Dysentery, or Flux, 

Diarrhea not nnfrequently ends in this form of 
disease ; it is also the result of peculiar atmospheric 
changes, such as a long term of warm weather 
abruptly terminating in damp cold ; or it may be 
produced by using fodder spoiled by excessive mois- 
ture. 

Symptoms. — At the commencement there are the 
usual manifestations of fever, such as dullness, loss 
of appetite, thirsty dry mouth, increased frequency 
of pulse, etc. To these are added pain in the belly ; 
frequent attempts to dung, followed by an abundant 
discharge of slime, mixed with small pieces of bard 
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182 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 

dung ; this slime is exceedingly sticky, and adheres 
to the parts, often binding the tail over the passage, 
and quite obstructing it ; after the discharge has 
lasted some time, the animal wastes rapidly until it 
becomes a skeleton, and the loss of strength is rapid 
and extreme ; the discharge at last becomes black, 
mixed with blood, and highly offensive, until the 
sheep dies, worn out by the excessive drain. 

Treatment. — The animal should be removed from 
the causes which have induced the disease ; the 
slime must be removed from the tail and thighs with 
warm water and soap, and sand or fine earth sprin- 
kled on to prevent farther adhesion. Give the Spe- 
cific for Dysentery, F F, five drops three times per 
day. 

Dizziness, Staggers, Sturdy, Turnsick, G-id. 
This is a very dangerous and not infrequent dis- 
ease, almost exclusively confined to wool-bearing 
animals. It is most common in wet, marshy places, 
and among lambs under a year old. Its immediate 
cause is the presence of a small worm inclosed in a 
hydatid or sack of fluid and located either within 
the substance of the brain, or beneath the bones of 
the cranium. These hydatids vary in size, number, 
and position, being found on the right or left side, 
indicated by the animal turning to the right or left, 
or in the center of the median line, in which case 
it may turn to either side, or not at all, the animal 
carrying the head down. When the hydatid occu- 
pies the back of the head, the animal holds the head 
high, and runs straight forward, throwing itself on 
any object it meets. 



DIZZINESS, STAGGERS, STURDY, ETC. 183 

Symptoms. — As above indicated, the symptoms 
consist of various forms of turning, whirling around, 
or standing still, etc. At first, when the hydatids 
are small, there may be but little or nothing to in- 
dicate their presence ; but as they grow larger, they 
press upon the bone and even enlarge or remove a 
great portion of it. One side of the head may be 
enormously enlarged, or the bone become quite 
thin, so that the situation of the cyst may be thus 
known, and sometimes a small hole may be dis- 
cerned. The sacks are more frequently on the left 
side. 

The first effects are dullness, loss of spirits ; they 
chew the cud slowly and carelessly ; they keep 
aloof from the other sheep ; they stagger when 
walking ; stand before a pool of water looking into 
it, and sometimes tumble in and are drowned; 
sometimes w T hen eating they appear as if frightened, 
and run over the field as if pursued ; the head is 
held higher or lower or carried on one side ; the 
body in moving inclines to the same side ; the eyes 
have a peculiar bluish color ; the sheep appear to 
wander about, and gradually lose flesh and strength ; 
then they begin to turn round and round to one 
side ; seem quite unconscious of every thing around 
them ; the round and round movements increase 
until they are almost constant, and the animal at 
length dies. 

Treatment. — The old school methods of treat- 
ment avail nothing for this disease. Even punc- 
turing 'through the skull into these cysts when their 



184 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 

presence may be known by the swelling, is uncer- 
tain and very cruel. But Homoeopathic treatment 
has been very successful. Give the Specific for 
Fever and Convulsions, A A, a dose of two or 
five drops every night at first, and then at longer 
intervals, and the symptoms from these parasites 
will disappear. 



CHAPTER II. 
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 

Apoplexy. 

In consequence of that plethora which is the re- 
sult of over-feeding in fattening, sheep are quite lia- 
ble to apoplexy ; and when, in this condition they 
are driven rapidly some distance in warm weather, 
they are quite liable to a fit of this disease. 

Symptoms. — Generally there are some symptoms 
which indicate that an animal is about to have a fit of 
this very frequent complaint. These are : dullness ; 
frequent standing still, or remaining behind the 
others ; the breathing is quickened ; it seems sleepy 
and unaware of what is going on around ; the eyes 
appear as if they were blind ; the pupils are redden- 
ed and nostrils dilated ; pulse is quick and hard ; 
the membranes of the nose and eyes are red. Then 
from standing fixed as it were in one place, it 
staggers and falls ; then is violently convulsed, and 
unless relieved death speedily ensues. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Fever, A A, if 
given before the convulsion, a dose of three or five 
drops, will arrest its farther progress. 

If the fit has taken place, give the medicine at 
once, and repeat the dose again after the animal 
gets over it, should it survive the fit. 
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186 



DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



Encephalitis ; Inflammation of the Brain. 

This disease may arise from internal causes, but 
more frequently from sun-stroke, blows upon the 
head, too plentiful food, etc. 

Symptoms. — The animal ceases to eat ; hangs its 
ears and head, which are hot to the touch ; walks 
along staggering, unconscious whither it goes ; its 
eyes are bright and red, and projected from the 
head ; the air it expires is hot ; the breathing short, 
rapid, and accompanied with violent beating of the 
flanks; it remains lying down, head stretched on 
the ground, and, as the disease draws to a close, it 
ends in convulsions. 

Treatment. — Give the Fever Specific, A A, a 
dose of three or five drops every hour during the 
hight of the disease, and then at longer intervals, 
as the case improves. 



CHAPTER III. 

DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF 
RESPIRATION. 

Pneumonia ; Inflammation of the Lungs. 

This disease may be caused by exposure to cold 
and wet ; too severe weather ; sudden changes of 
weather ; cold nights and mornings and hot mid- 
days are apt to induce it. 

Symptoms. — Want of appetite ; loss of the cud ; 
dull, staring eyes ; ears are hung down ; the head 
is held up ; the mouth open ; breathing quick, la- 
bored, and difficult, with heaving of the flanks ; 
grating of the teeth ; inside of the nose and white 
of the eyes much reddened ; a discharge, at first 
thin and watery, afterwards, mattery and offensive, 
flows from the nostrils; frequent painful cough, at- 
tended with rattling in the throat. These symp- 
toms gradually become more and more severe until 
the animal dies. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Fever, A A, will 
generally be found sufficient. Give a dose of five 
drops every two hours. Should the disease not 
yield in a day or two, the Specific for Inflamed 
Lungs, E E, in doses of five drops, may be alter- 
nated with it every three hours. 



CHAPTER IV. 
DISEASES OF THE FEET. 

Foot-Rot. 

This disease is most common in low, marshy 
places, and results from foreign bodies, such as 
sand, gravel, sticks, or dirt, getting into the cleft of 
the foot. 

Symptoms. — Lameness, swelling of the pasterns, 
pain, etc. ; matter then forms, and unless it is let 
out, it will spread in all directions under the foot, 
and appear at the coronet ; long, narrow ulcers re- 
main, and proud-flesh springs up from the diseased 
places. 

Treatment. — Examine the foot carefully ; re- 
move all dirt or other foreign matter ; then foment 
the foot night and morning with hot water for an 
hour, and then apply a turnip or bran poultice ; the 
hoof should be pared down, and all the dead parts, 
or those likely to interfere with the escape of mat- 
ter, cut away ; afterwards apply Pond's Extract or 
the Calendula Lotion on a piece of cloth bandaged 
to the foot, to keep it in place and prevent dirt or 
other matter getting into the sore. If the parts are 
healthy, the tar and tallow application (equal parts) 
is very serviceable. The hoof will then begin to 
grow, during which care must be taken to prevent 
dirt lodging in the wound, and causing fresh irrita- 
tion. A dose of the Specific for Ulcers, I I, every 
day or two will aid the process. 



FOUNDER. 189 

Founder. 

Sheep are occasionally foundered from similar 
causes which produce it in other animals. It is 
manifested by the following symptoms : It walks 
slowly ; head depressed ; has no sprightliness ; poor 
appetite, but great thirst. After a time this slow- 
ness of walking becomes a rigidity, so that it re- 
quires great effort for the animal to lie down or get 
up again. The appetite diminishes and thirst in- 
creases. In the more advanced stages the eyelids 
are swollen, the eyes more or less inflamed, and the 
feet extremely hot ; still farther advanced, there is 
no appetite, feet are burning and hot, and the an- 
imal is in so much pain from movement, that it will 
only walk to satisfy its raging thirst. It drags it- 
self along often on its knees rather than walks. It 
moans and groans, there is severe fever, short breath- 
ing, and severe beating of the flanks. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Founder, B B, 
will be quite sufficient in usual cases. Give three 
drops three times per day, or morning and night if 
the case is not urgent. 






CHAPTER V. 
GENERAL DISEASES. 

Scab or Pock. 

This disease, which attacks the same animal but 
once in life, and by preference the young ones of 
the flock, is one which sometimes occasions fearful 
ravages among sheep. It has its regular stages like 
the small-pox, and may be mild or malignant. 

Symptoms. — In the mild form, the animal is for 
two or three clays sad and dejected ; then on differ- 
ent parts, more particularly on the inner surface of 
the fore-feet and around the mouth, small red spots 
appear, whese center is occupied by a pimple, ter- 
minating in a white point. This stage of eruption 
is attended with feverish shiverings, heat, especially 
of the ears and nose ; redness of the eyes and inner 
mouth ; the animal is melancholy ; head down ; feet 
close together; lameness especially of the hind 
parts ; no appetite or cud. The greater the num- 
ber of pustules the worse the disease. The body is 
hot ; breathing short ; a clear mucus flows from the 
mouth ; the parts occupied with pimples, especially 
the head, swell so that the animal can not open its 
eyes or mouth ; the fever continues ; the pustules 
enlarge, and are filled with fluid, first thin, and then 



'scab or pock. 191 

becoming thick, yellow, and purulent. On the 
thirteenth day the pustules begin to dry off, fever 
abates, pus hardens in the pustules, becomes yel- 
low, then darker, flatten, become scabs, and by de- 
grees fall off, leaving a dry scar behind. The dry- 
ing stage lasts from five to seven days. 

Sometimes this disease assumes a malignant form, 
iu which the pock are very numerous, running to- 
gether ; the symptoms violent, irregular, and the 
pock soon becomes dark-colored. The pustules run 
together, forming extensive ulcers beneath the 
wool, frequently destroying the eyes and entire 
pieces of the lips and face. 

Treatment. — During the feverish stage for the 
first five or six days give the Specific for Fever, 
A A, five drops four times per day. Then give the 
Specific for Eruptions, 1 1, the same dose morning 
and night, until the animal is well. This Specific 
given to the well sheep will so act as to either pre- 
vent their having it at all, or only in a very mild 
form. The sound and diseased or suspected sheep 
should be separated, as the disease is very conta- 
gious, and easily communicated. 

If, however, the disease has appeared in a flock 
with some severity, inoculation is best, quickest, and 
safest. This may be done on the fore-arm or other 
part with matter from a fresh pock, merely dipping 
the lancet in it and inserting it just beneath the 
skin, not so as to cause the blood to flow, or it may 
wash it out. The advantage is, that all have it 
lightly, and get over it in three weeks, otherwise 
the flock may be six months having it ; and not one 
per cent of inoculated animals will die. During the 
disease they should not be kept too warm or be 
over- fed. 



192 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 

Mange, or Itch 

Is quite common in sheep, and assumes a variety of 
forms. It is especially liable to occur in long-con- 
tinued, rainy, damp weather, and when flocks are 
long exposed and unsheltered. Small pimples and 
then vesicles start up, secreting viscid, glutinous 
fluid ; and in many cases these vesicles run into 
corroding ulcers, which extend more and more, at 
tended with violent itching and burning. 

Treatment. — The infected sheep should be sepa- 
rated from the flock, and be placed in a dry, shel- 
tered abode, and given good food and careful at- 
tendance, and each day give to each unsound or 
suspected one two drops of the Eruption Specific. 
If they have been long diseased, it is best to shear 
them at once. This remedy will generally suffice. 
In obstinate cases, Dr. Gunther's Balsamus Tere' 
blathlncB Sulpharatus has been applied with great 
success. It may be prepared by any one in the fol- 
lowing manner : Dissolve one part by weight of 
sulphur in four parts of linseed oil, by boiling them 
together over a fire. The result of this will be a 
black-brown elastic oil, of which mix one part by 
weight with three parts of turpentine .by exposing 
the two to a gentle heat, and the result is the pre- 
paration in question, of which give the diseased an- 
imals two drops each day, and they will soon be 
well. 

Rot. 

The rot generally appears in the autumn of wet 
summers, and then continues during winter and 
spring. The progress of the disease is slow, and 
symptoms as follows : 

The animal often remains behind the rest of the 



ROT. 193 

flock, and allows itself to be seized without resist- 
ance ; it walks with a slow gait, with shaking head 
and depressed ears ; the loins yield to pressure ; the 
eye is dull and watery ; the eyelids are swollen ; the 
lips, gums, and palate have a pale tint ; the skin is 
yellowish, white, and appears puffed, and pits on 
pressure ; the wool changes color, loses its bright- 
ness, and easily comes off in large flocks, often tak- 
ing the skin with it ; the dung is soft ; urine scanty, 
of deep red color. Gradually there forms on the 
upper region of the neck, and on the lower jaw, a 
soft, indolent tumor, which often appears larger on 
returning from grazing ; sometimes disappears at 
night, but always returns again by day, and gradu- 
ally increases in size. By degrees the animal loses 
appetite, but there is increased thirst ; rumination 
ceases ; lachrymation becomes more and more abun- 
dant, and the nose is full of viscid mucus. Then the 
abdomen swells, with dropsy ; the animal becomes 
extremely weak, and wastes daily ; remains lying 
down ; pulse is quick and soft ; and death takes 
place with convulsions in the midst of diarrhea and 
progressive coldness of the extremities. In opening 
the body fluke-worms are often found in the biliary 
duct and liver, and a large quantity of serum in the 
chest and abdomen. The blood is pale and watery. 
Treatment. — The treatment should of course 
commence by removing all occasional causes of the 
disease, attending to proper diet, housing, etc. The 
Specific for Eruptions, I I, will be found perfectly 
adapted to this cachexy, and may be given in doses 
of Ave drops two or three times per day. 
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PART IV. 
DISEASES OF THE HOG. 



Brain Fever, Frenzy, Inflammmation of the 
Brain. 

Under this head are included inflammation of 
the parts within the skull, the brain and membranes 
investing it. It occurs chiefly in pigs which are 
full of blood, exceedingly fat, and fed upon the 
most stimulating food. 

Symptoms. — Dullness and depression, less lively 
than usual, and seldom moving from one place to 
another. As the disease advances, the white of the 
eye becomes covered with red streaks, the pulse is 
increased in frequency, the breathing quickened, 
the strength reduced, and the animal runs about 
from one place to another, evidently unconscious 
and deprived of the power of seeing. Death soon 
results, usually with convulsions. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Fever, A A, 
a dose of five drops every two or three hours, ac- 
cording to the urgency of the disease. 



STRANGLES OR QUINZY, ANGINA. 195 

Strangles or Quinzy, Angina. 

This disease is as dangerous as it is common, and 
usually comes on very suddenly. It mostly occurs 
from sudden changes of weather, want of drinking- 
water in times of great heat, the use of cold or 
snow-water. It occurs chiefly in hot, imperfectly 
ventilated, unclean sties. Fat hogs are more sub- 
ject to it than others, and healthy pigs are said to 
be affected from diseased ones. 

Symptoms. — It begins with swelling of the glands 
under the throat ; in proportion to the extent of 
this swelling the breathings becomes rnore difficult 
and heaving, and the swallowing more painful and 
obstructed, the pulse is quickened, and a high 
degree of fever results ; the swelling, at first hard 
and painful when touched, becomes soft, red, and 
more extended, and mortification is not an unusual 
result ; the mouth is hot, slaver flows from it, and 
the tongue hangs out red and swollen ; the eyes are 
red, the appetite gone, the teeth are grated, the 
weakness increases, frequent moans are expressed, 
and, unless relieved, the swelling increases so as to 
arrest the breathing, and the animal dies. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Fever, A A, will 
generally be found sufficient, and should be given 
in doses of five drops every two hours during the 
hight of the disease, and then at longer intervals as 
the animal improves. 

In extreme cases, or of a very malignant type 
with strong tendency to mortification or putridity, 
the Specific for Ulcers, I I, may be given in alter- 
nation with that for Fever, A A, at the intervals 
mentioned. 



196 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 

Sniffles, or Common Cold. 

This disorder is induced by the same causes as 
produce it in dogs or sheep — cold wet weather, 
changes of weather, exposure, etc. 

Symptoms. — Discharge from the nostrils of thin 
watery fluid, which gradually increases in quantity, 
and may be mixed with blood, followed by cough, 
sneezing, difficult swallowing, obstructed breathing, 
general weakness, loss of appetite, swelling of the 
nostrils, and contraction of one side of the snout. 
It is liable to lead to disease of the lungs, finally 
ending in consumption. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Distemper, C C, 
will be found efficient. Give a dose of five drops 
two or three times per day. . Only in case of much 
heat or fever a dose or two of the Fever Specific, 
A A, may be interposed, or alternated with the 
former. 

Inflammation of the Lungs, or Rising of the 
Lights, 

This disease may be caused in the hog by the 
same influences which produce it in other animals, 
but is very liable to be engendered by the impure 
air of a sty, when dung and dirty litter are allowed 
to accumulate and decay ; and is more liable in 
some conditions of the atmosphere than others. 

Symptoms. — Shivering of the body, red eyes, hot 
breath, head stretched forward, quick, panting 
breathing, full, accelerated pulse, frequent or almost 
constant cough, with discharge of phlegm, sweating 



COLIC OR GRIPES, ENTERITIS. 107 

in various parts of the body, and tongue thrust 
from the mouth. All these symptoms increase, and 
the pig dies. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Fever, A A, 
every three hours a dose of five drops. Should the 
disease not yield in the course of forty-eight hours, 
alternate it with the Specific for Inflamed Lungs, 
E E, at the same intervals, and continue the two 
until cured. 

Colic, or Gripes. 

This disease is of occasional occurrence in hogs, 
and is of some moment, as it may terminate in 
inflammation of the bowels, and result fatally. 

Symptoms. — Restlessness,^ rolling on the ground, 
loud cries of pain, and other symptoms indicative 
of suffering. 

Treatment. — Give first the Specific for Colic, 
F F, and if not cured repeat the dose in two hours. 
If it does not yield, and especially if there is much 
heat, alternate the Specific A A, for Fever, with 
that for Colic, F F, dose of five drops at intervals 
of an hour or two, until relieved. 

Enteritis, or Inflammation of the Bowels. 

It may be produced by the same causes which 
induce it in other animals. It may be known by 
the following 

Symptoms. — The usual manifestations of pain in 
the bowels as in colic, except that the pain is here 
continuous, and is aggravated by rubbing the belly 
or by moving from one place to another, great pain 
when the belly is touched, frequent looking towards 
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198 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 

the belly, it squeals with the pain ; other symptoms 
not differing from that manifested by the dog or 
sheep. 

Treatment. — Give the Fever Specific, A A, a 
dose of five drops every two hours, and continue 
the treatment until the disease is cured. Some- 
times when there is extreme pain a dose or two of 
the Specific for Colic, F F, may be interposed with 
benefit. 

Diarrhea, or Purging. 

The symptoms are so well known as to require no 
particular description. It may arise from bad food, 
cold, or exposure. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Diarrhea, F F, 
will be found quite sufficient. Give a dose of five 
drops two or three times per day. 

Measles. 

The so-called measles of pigs, or that condition of 
the skin whence this term is derived, is only the 
local manifestation of a disease which affects the 
whole body. The causes are but imperfectly 
known. 

Symptoms. — The earlier symptoms are those of 
fever, namely, hot dry skin, quick pulse, loss of 
appetite, hot and dry muzzle, swollen eyelids, red 
eyes, watery running from the nostrils, short dry 
cough, etc. Then there are red risings on the skin 
in various parts of the body, but especially between 
the fore and hind-legs, and in some cases the skin 
over these parts sloughs or separates in large 



199 



pieces, leaving angry sores behind, or it simply 
peels off without leaving any ulcers. 

Treatment. — In the earlier stage during the fever, 
and before the eruption has developed itself, give 
the Specific for Fever, A A, a dose of five drops 
every three or four hours, and the disease will be 
arrested. 

After the eruption has come out, alternate the 
Specific for Fever with that for Eruptions, I I, in 
doses of five drops, at intervals of four hours, until 
cured. 

Mange. 

This disease, consisting of an eruption of pimples- 
and violent itching, is well known, and its success- 
ful treatment requires the use of the Specific for 
Eruptions, I I, internally, a dose of five drops 
morning and night, and the use of the Arsenical 
Lotion every day. 

The skin should be well washed and dried before 
applying the lotion. 



PART V. 

DISEASES OF THE DOG 



CHAPTER I . 
GENERAL DISEASES. 

Distemper. 
This is oue of the most common diseases of the 
dog, and one that leaves in its train often very 
serious results. The earlier symptoms are very 
insidious. There is dullness; loss of appetite, flesh, 
and strength, may be remarked, while purging and 
vomiting are not uncommon. To this are added a 
short husky cough, watery eyes, increased redness 
of the vessels of the eye, sensibility of the eye to 
light, increased frequency of the pulse. As the 
disease advances, the animal shivers with the cold, 
dislikes to be disturbed, seeks warmth, and courts 
solitude ; the bowels are confined ; the membrane 
of the eye covered with a fine net- work of bright 
red vessels ; a thick discharge of matter flows from 
the eyes ; the nostrils are covered with a glassy 
yellowish fluid ; the cough is increased in frequency, 



DISTEMPER. 201 

and comes on in fits, which terminate in the dis- 
charge of a yellow, frothy fluid from the stomach ; 
the skin is hot. 

A later stage is marked by an increase of all the 
foregoing symptoms. The body wastes, the shi- 
vering is constant, the eyes are filled with a thick 
matter, which glues the eyelids together in the 
morning ; a tenacious matter clogs the nostrils and 
obstructs the breathing. This causes much uneasi- 
ness, and frequent but unsuccessful attempts to 
overcome the cause of annoyance. The discharge 
from the nostrils becomes bloody and offensive ; 
the breath is fetid; the lips are covered with ulcers; 
short cries express pain ; and the animal, becoming 
weaker and worse in every respect, at last dies ; a 
severe diarrhea being the usual harbinger of that 
event. 

Distemper frequently results in chorea, or St. 
Vitus' dance, paralysis, disease of the brain, ulcers 
on the eyes and opacity, inflammation of the lungs, 
or in numerous other ailments. 

Treatment. — The earlier stages, before the dis- 
charge is established, are best contolled by the 
Specific for Fever, A A, of which give a dose of 
three or five drops, according to the size of the dog, 
morning, noon, and night. 

After the catarrhal stage has come on, give three 
or five drops of the Sj}ecific for Distemper, C C, 
four times per day. This will in general carry the 
animal safely and speedily through this ordeal. 
Should other diseases declare themselves, they 
should be treated accordingly. 



202 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

Inflammation of the Bladder, Cystitis. 

This disease, which is a very dangerous and pain- 
ful one, may be caused by stones in the bladder, 
injuries, fall upon the bladder when it is full of 
water, or similar accidents. 

Symptoms. — Hot, dry skin, pain in the back and 
flanks, thirst, no appetite, restlessness and signs of 
pain, frequent attempts to pass water, in which 
either none or only a few drops are passed at a 
time ; the water may be clear, or thick and mixed 
with blood. 

Treatment. — Give first two or three doses of 
the Specific for Fever, A A, at intervals of two 
hours, then give the Specific for Inflamed Kidneys 
and Bladder, H H, a dose of three or five drops, 
according to the size of the dog, until entirely re- 
lieved, at intervals of two or three hours. 

Gonorrhea, Gleet. 

This disease, which is essentially an inflammation 
of the urethra, generally arises from taking the dis- 
ease by connection with another animal that has it, 
or from repeated acts of sexual connection, which 
induces irritation followed by a gleety discharge ; 
or it may arise in a modified form from uncleanli- 
ness. 

Symptoms. — Discharge from the internal surface 
of the sheath and urethra, or canal through which 
the water flows, consisting of matter having a yel- 
lowish or greenish color, glueing together the parts 
or hair about them ; the surface looks red and 



INFLAMMATION OF THE EYE, ETC. 203 

angry, and is attended with swelling and pain ; 
there is frequent desire to pass water ; sometimes 
the swelling and pain are but slight. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Inflamed 
Urethra, H H, a dose of three or five drops, accord- 
ing to the size of the dog, four times per day. 

In old cases a dose of the Specific, C C, for Dis- 
temper, given nightly will be of decided benefit. 

Inflammation of the Eye, Ophthalmia. 

It may arise from a variety of causes, such as con- 
gestion to the brain ; exposure to heat and cold ; 
over-exertion ; blows or other injuries ; over-salted 
food, etc. » 

Symptoms. — The white of the eye is covered with 
red streaks ; the clear portion in front (pupil) is 
dim ; water runs down the face ; the light can not 
be endured, and the eyelid is closed. An ulcer 
may appear afterwards in the front of the eye, and 
it may go on until it penetrates through the Outer 
coating of the eye, (or cornea,) and the fluids of the 
eye thus escape. In some cases proud flesh springs 
up from these ulcers. 

Treatment. — The Specific A A, for Inflamma- 
tion should be given, a dose of two drops, only two 
or three times per day. This in general will be suf- 
ficient for all forms of Ophthalmia ; but if the case is 
of some standing, or if ulcers or degenerations have 
taken place, two drops of the Specific for Ulcers, 
1 1, may be given every night, and that for Inflam- 
mations in the morning, with the best possible 
results. 



204 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

A wash of Pond's Extract diluted one half with 
soft water, will promptly relieve, and also accelerate 
the cure. 

Canker in the Ear. 

This disease consists of an inflammation of the in- 
ternal ear, followed by ulceration and the formation 
of matter. It is usually the consequence of some in- 
jury, but may also result from excess of food and 
want of exercise, or from frequent and sudden ex- 
posure, as in case of dogs taught to go in the 
water, among whom it is quite common ; fat dogs 
are more subject to it than others. 

Symptoms. — The dog manifests pajn by shaking 
his head, scratching his ears, or whining. The in- 
ternal ear looks red, afterwards may ulcerate ; a dis- 
charge occurs, and a blackish fluid will be found at 
the bottom of the ear, sometimes in considerable 
quantity ; there is high fever, which, with the con- 
tinuance of the discharge, may w T ear out the dog. 

Treatment. — Wash the ear frequently with warm 
water, to carefully remove the discharge ; afterwards 
apply some diluted Pond's Extract. 

Give the Specific for Fever, A A, three or four 
drops alternately with that for Ulcerations, I I. 
The same dose four times per day ; it will be suc- 
cessful. 

Inflammation of the Ear. 

This sometimes occurs from insects having made 

their way into the ear, sometimes from Rheumatism. 

The dog complains, shakes his head, scratches his 

ear, howls, is restless and unquiet, and seeks for aid. 






CHEST-FOUNDER, ETC. 205 

Treatment. — The ear should be carefully exam- 
ined in the light of the sun, and if insects are dis- 
covered, they should be removed, or destroyed by 
means of oil applied to the place, and afterwards 
washed out with warm water. 

Give also the Specific for Fever, A A, five drops 
two or three times per day, to allay the irritation. 

Chest-Founder ; Kennel-Lameness. 

This is a rheumatic complaint not unfrequent among 

dogs, and is usually the result of exposure to cold 

and damp, especially when the animal is warm, or 

has been over-heated. 

Symptoms. — The animal is lame and stiff, espe- 
cially in the fore-legs ; the pain may be so severe 
that he can not move them. There is pain when the 
shoulders and sides are pressed upon. There is 
fever, hot skin, quick pulse, rapid breathing, and 
loss of appetite. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Fever, A A, 
should be given at first ; a dose of three or five 
drops, four times per day, while the fever and heat 
are violent, after which the Specific for Founder, 
B B, may be alternated with it at the same inter- 
vals until the animal is cured. 

Fractures. 

Simple fractures of the leg are very readily cured 

in young and vigorous dogs. It may be readily 

known by the distortion of the limb, by the ends 

of the bone grating upon each other, lameness, etc. 

Treatment is very simple. Extend the limb, and 

put the bones in place, and apply splints with a firm 

bandage, wetting the limb with Pond's Extract. 

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206 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

Examine them from time to time to see that they 
are kept in place. After three or four weeks, they 
may be removed, and the animal trusted to use his 
limbs. Give the Specific for Injuries night and 
morning for a few days. 

Sore Feet. 

These may be occasioned by injuries, long travel- 
ing over rough or frozen ground, or in very dry 
weather. 

Symptoms. — The foot is swelled, and small, hard, 
painful lumps are felt in it ; there is much pain, and 
the animal can not bear his weight upon them. The 
.skin becomes red, and the nails fall off. There is 
usually considerable fever and no desire to eat. 

Treatment. — Bathe the feet three or four times 
per day in Pond's Extract, or in Arnica, (See In- 
troduction,) and give morning and night a dose of 
three or five drops of the Fever Specific, A A. 

If matter forms, a poultice may be applied, and 
the abscess afterwards opened. 



CHAPTER II. 
DISEASES OF THE AIR-PASSAGES. 

Ozena, or Running from the Nose. 

This disease is very common in old dogs, and es- 
pecially in pugs. It is known by a constant dis- 
charge from the nostrils, which is bad-smelling, like 
matter, attended with cough, snorting, attempts to 
sneeze, obstructed nostrils, and difficulty of breath- 
ing. If neglected, it may injure or even destroy 
the sense of smell. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Distemper, Nasal 
Discharges, C C, is perfectly appropriate for such 
cases. Give a dose of two or five drops, according 
to the size of the dog, two or three times per day. 

Catarrh or Cold ; Bronchitis. 

It occurs most commonly in the variable weather 
of winter, and early spring, and is induced from 
causes similar to those which induce it in the human 
system. 

Symptoms. — There is cough ; running from the 
eyes, which become red ; then watery discharge 
from one or both nostrils ; dullness and sleepiness ; 
poor appetite ; sneezing ; quick, heavy breathing ; 
weakness and wasting. 

If the disease is not checked, Bronchitis, or cold 



208 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

in the chest, comes on, known by a mattery dis- 
cbarge from the nose„ which may be stuffed up, with 
difficulty of breathing ; the breathing is quick, at- 
tended with rattling in the wind-pipe ; the cough be- 
comes more frequent and «evere. 

Treatment. — Give three or five drops of the 
Specific for Fever, A A, three or four times per 
day, to allay the heat and feverish excitement, after 
which a few doses of the Specific for Coughs and 
Colds, E E, will complete the cure. 

Inflammation of the Chest, Pneumonia or 
Pleurisy. 

Inflammation of the chest usually involves both 
the pleura or lining membrane of the chest, and the 
substance of the lungs, so that they may be advan- 
tageously treated together. It is usually the result 
of cold and exposure after having been heated ; it 
may also be produced by wounds. 

Symptoms. — Shivering chill, followed by heat and 
thirst ; the sides are painful when pressed upon ; 
stitches are observed ; the dog sits upon his 
haunches, with the fore-legs separated from each 
other, and the head held forward ; the breath hot ; 
cough short and painful ; breathing frequent, labored 
and heaving ; pulse full and quick ; tongue hangs 
out of the mouth ; eyes thrust forward and red ; 
finally drowsiness and death. Sometimes the effu- 
sion of water in the chest is very abundant, when 
the legs swell, and breathing becomes difficult, la- 
bored and suffocating. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE CHEST, ETC. 209 

Treatment. — Give first, three or five drops, ac- 
cording to the size of the dog, of the Specific for 
Fever, A A, and repeat the dose every two hours 
for the first twenty-four hours. 

Then alternate the Specific for Inflamed Lungs, 
E E, with that for Fever, at intervals of two or 
three hours, until the animal is cured. 

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CHAPTER III. 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 

Salivation. 

Mercury, in its various forms, is sometimes given 
to dogs by ignorant persons, or by chemists and dog- 
fanciers, for some real or supposed disease ; or it is 
applied to them externally as an ointment for mange, 
in either case resulting in salivation, with the follow- 
ing 

Symptoms. — Loss of appetite ; sore, swollen 
gums, which are bluish, easily bleed, and generally 
ulcerate ; loosened teeth, which may even fall out ; 
constant dribbling of slaver from the mouth ; offens- 
ive breath ; swelled glands ; extreme weakness ; 
hair falls off, and frequently purging, attended with 
straining. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Fever, A A, 
a dose each morning and noon, and a teaspoonful of 
Pond's Extract at night, especially if there is ulcer- 
ation of the mouth or throat. 

Diseases of the Teeth. 

The teeth are more frequently affected in the dog 

than in other domestic animals. This may be the 

result of a variety of causes, among which are the 

following : Eating or gnawing bones, by means of 



COLIC. 



211 



which the teeth may be broken or ground down to 
the quick ; healthy, well-fed dogs only pick their 
bones ; rich, sweetened food, which has an injurious 
effect upon the teeth ; mercury, frequently given to 
dogs, which produces salivation, loosening, and 
eventually falling out of the teeth. Teaching dogs 
to carry or chase hard substances, stones, etc., fre- 
quently results in diseased teeth, as they are thus 
rubbed down to the gum, and the stump produces 
much mischief. 

Symptoms. — If the dog has a bad breath, seems 
to be in pain when he eats, does not thrive, or mani- 
fest his usual spirit, the mouth should be examined. 
One or more teeth will be found worn down to the 
gum ; the fang produces irritation, and may result 
in an abscess ; the sides of the mouth are raw and 
ulcerated, and slaver dribbles from it. 

Treatment. — Extraction is the sole remedy for 
loose, irregular, or decayed teeth. 

Colic. 

Colic is not unfrequent in the dog. It is often 
connected with constipation, and may result from 
bad food, sudden change of food, exposure to cold, 
or from worms. It is common in puppies. 

Symptoms. — The dog has sudden pain in the 
bowels ; it comes on in fits, is worse at one time 
than another. The dog is restless, frequently 
changing his position ; he extends himself and then 
draws himself in, turns his head towards his sides, 
throws himself down, rolls about, moans or whines, 
when the pain is severe, with a short rough voice. 



212 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

Treatment. — The Specific for Colic, F F, should 
be given, a dose of three to five drops, according to 
the size of the dog, and repeated every half-hour or 
hour as the urgency of the case demands. 

Should it not promptly relieve, the Specific for 
Fever, A A, or that for Constipation, may be 
given alternately with that for Colic. 

Constipation, or Bound Bowels. 

Constipation is more frequently observed than 
diarrhea in the dog. It may be the result of a 
want of proper exercise, improper food, or some 
disorder of the liver or other part of the digestive 
system. It is manifested by frequent unavailing 
efforts to evacuate, attended with groaning, trem- 
bling, or other manifestations of pain. It may 
result in mange or even inflammation unless re- 
lieved. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Constipation, 
J J, three to five drops, according to the size of the 
animal, three times per day. 

Should this course not relieve, an injection 
of warm soap and water should be given and re- 
peated if necessary until the result is accomplished. 

Diarrhea. 
Excess of food, bad food, exposure to cold and 
wet, as well as a bilious condition may induce 
diarrhea in the dog. If slight it will cure itself. 
It usually maunifests itself by sickness, vomiting, 
thirst, discharges more frequent and thinner than 
usual. If it continues, the animal becomes thin, 
weak, does not eat his food, and his breath becomes 
offensive. 



DYSENTERY, ETC. 213 

Treatment. — The Specific for Diarrhea, F F, 
will be found effectual. Give three or five drops, 
according to the size of the dog, three times per 
day. 

Dysentery. 

It is not unfrequently a termination of diarrhea, 
or it may be produced by similar causes. 

Symptoms. — Thirst, heat, purging of fluid mixed 
with small pieces of dung, attended with severe 
straining and pain ; often the discharges are of mucus 
mixed with blood. There is loss of strength and 
appetite, with rapid wasting. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Dysentery, 
F F, two to five drops every one, two or three 
hours, according to the urgency of the case. 

Inflammation of the Bowels. 

Neglected or improperly treated colic, exposure 
to cold and damp after fatigue, or stones in the 
bowels may produce this disease. 

Symptoms. — The belly is hot, painful, and con- 
tracted ; it is very painful on contact or pressure ; 
the dog moves slowly with fear and trembling ; he 
cries or howls with pain ; does not eat, but is very 
thirsty ; looks around at his belly ; his bowels are 
very confined ; dung is hard and in small jrieces ; 
cold legs ; the tail is kept down close between the 
legs. 

Treatment. — Give 'the Specific for Fever and 

I Inflammation, A A, three or five drops, according 

to the size of the dog, and repeat it every hour, 

or two hours, according to the urgency of the case. 



214 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

Sometimes a dose of the Specific for Colic, F F, 
may be interposed, or given alternately with that 
for Fever with advantage. 

Inflammation of the Liver, Jaundice. 

This disease is occasionally found in dogs, more 
particularly in fat ones. It may be the result of 
excess of food and deficient exercise, or exposure to 
cold and moisture. 

Symptoms. — The dog is dull, sleepy, shrinks from 
notice, and becomes thin ; eats little and is thirsty. 
The skin, gums, lips, and parts of the skin not cov- 
ered with hair are yellow ; the urine is yellowish 
and dung dark-colored, hence the name Jaundice 
or yellows. He is sometimes hot, at others cold ; 
he vomits a yellow fluid, which may afterwards be- 
come greenish, and have streaks of blood in it. 
These symptoms all increase until the dog becomes 
thin as a skeleton, and at last dies quite worn out. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Fever, A A, 
alternately with that for Jaundice, J J, a dose of 
three to five drops, according to the size of the dog, 
every three or four hours, as the urgency of the 
case may demand. 

Old cases of liver complaint simply require a dose 
of the Specific for Jaundice, J J, morning and 
night. 

Worms. 

No animal is so subject or so frequently tor- 
mented by worms as the dog. This is doubtless 
owing to his highly artificial life and the great va- 
riety of food given him. There are three varieties: 



WORMS. 215 

the first is red, resembling the earth-worm, and is 
common in puppies ; the second is the tenia or tape- 
worm, which is sometimes of great length, flat, in 
joints, and occupies the small intestines ; the third 
is the ascarides or pin-worm, half an inch to an inch 
in length, thread-like, pointed, and housing in the 
lower part of the bowels. 

Symptoms. — All worm symptoms are questionable 
except finding them in the discharges. Their ex- 
istence may be inferred if the dog has a short dry 
cough, bad breath, greedy appetite, rough coat, 
bound bowels or purging, turns of griping, wasting, 
or fits. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Worms, D D, 
two to five drops, according to the size of the dog, 
two or three times per day. Its continuance will 
not fail to eradicate them from the system. 



CHAPTER IV. 
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 

Epilepsy, or Fits. 

The dog is occasionally subject to true epilepsy, 
and not unfrequently to tits or convulsions arising 
from transient causes ; such as, teething in puppies, 
worms, want of exercise, and then too violent ex- 
ercise. They are liable also to come on during 
distemper or after it, or from disease of the brain. 
Small pet dogs are more subject to fits than others, 
as their nervous system is more excitable and their 
lives more artificial. 

Symptoms. — The fit generally comes on suddenly, 
the animal staggers, falls down, remains lying for 
an instant, and then is violently convulsed ; the legs 
become stiff, the face distorted, the eyes roll about, 
the tongue is thrust out, the jaws nearly closed or 
firmly clenched. The convulsion becomes gradually 
less, and after some twitches they cease, and the 
animal in a short time appears well again. 

In true epilepsy the fits recur again at diminish- 
ing intervals, and excitements may easily reproduce 
them. 

Treatment. — Give, on an attack from whatever 
cause, from two to five drops, according to the size 



CHOREA, PALSY, PARALYSIS. 217 

of the animal, of the Specific for Convulsions, A A, 
and repeat it once after the paroxysm is over. This 
will be sufficient for fits arising from any transient 
cause ; but if the dog is subject to them he must 
have the Specific J J, for Paralysis, alternately 
with that for Convulsions, A A, a dose every day 
or two, and continued for some time to effect a 
radical cure. 

Chorea, St. Vitus' Dance. 

This is a frequent result of severe distemper, es- 
pecially in the case of young dogs, and it may. also 
arise from worms or some disorder of the stomach. 

Symptoms. — The disease manifests itse-f by 
twitches, or involuntary jerks of various pots, as 
the leg, shoulder, face, neck, or even eyelids. Some- 
times it is confined to a single limb or two,, or the 
whole body may be affected. The animal has no 
control over them, and they are manifested even 
during sleep. He wastes, eats and sleeps badly, 
and may become palsied ; at last he becomes incap- 
able of any service, staggers, has convulsions, and 
is at last worn out. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Convulsions, 
A A, each morning, and that for Paralysis,, J; J, 
each night, two to five drops, according to the size 
of the animal, and follow the treatment persever- 
ingly. 

Palsy, Paralysis. 

This is not an unfrequent affection in the dog, 
especially those that are well fed, as pet dogs. It 
arises from disease of the brain or spinal cord, and 
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218 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

is sometimes also the result of disease of the bowels 
or stomach. 

Symptoms. — It may occur in one side or part of 
the animal, and is most frequent in the hind-legs, 
which appear as if the animal had no power over 
them ; he staggers, falls, or lies on the ground, 
dragging his hind-legs after him, unable to stand 
upon them. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Paralysis, 
J J, two to five drops, according to the size of the 
dog, three times per day. 

In case it comes on suddenly in well-fed dogs, 
from an over-feed or gorging the animal, give a 
spoonful of castor oil and an injection of warm soap 
and water, followed with the prescription above. 

Rabies, Canine Madness. 
Much has been said upon the subject of Babies or 
Canine Madness, and from the general horror in 
which the disease is justly held, some consideration 
of it is proper, even if we do not possess the means 
of cure. The causes of the disease are involved in 
obscurity, yet it may be spontaneous or communi- 
cative. The former has been attributed to want of 
care, deficient water in hot weather, intense heat or 
cold, an inability to satisfy the venereal appetite. 
If communicated, it is from the saliva of the affect- 
ed dog, in which case the disease seldom breaks out 
before the ninth day, often later. Two principal 
forms of this disease have been distinguished; rabies 
proper, and dumb madness. 



RABIES, CANINE MADNESS. 219 

Symptoms of Rabies proper : First change noticed 
is in the dog's gait in walking, either more lively 
and irritable than usual, or more dull and sad ; pe- 
culiar restlessness ; does not remain in one place ; 
often quits his home and roams to a distance ; he 
recognizes and obeys his master at the commence- 
ment, and even through the entire disease ; gene- 
rally no appetite from the commencement ; some 
will take soup, but never solid food ; they often, 
however, devour strange things, as wood, leather, 
straw, or even filth ; they drink in all stages of the 
disease as long as they can swallow ; there is always 
a peculiar change of voice, more shrill or more 
grave, always slightly hoarse and disagreeable ; the 
bark is peculiar, not in distinct emissions, as in 
health, but an emission of voice ending in a howl ; 
the desire to bite is not constant, but comes occa- 
sionally in fits, and varying degrees ; during the fits 
he bites every thing, cats, other dogs, human be- 
ings, even his own master, or inanimate objects, and 
frequently snaps at the air. At first he is but little 
changed in appearance ; but soon the eyes become 
red ; they open and shut alternately ; later, they are 
dull, as if covered with dust ; sometimes the skin 
wrinkles on the forehead, or the head swells ; rapid 
emaciation ; he becomes finally very weak, and 
drags his hind-quarters ; while at first he is strong, 
carries his tail as usual, and differs not in gait from 
a healthy dog. 

The other form of madness is manifested by loss 
of appetite, drink, voice, and manifestation of the 



220 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

passion for biting as in the first instance, modified 
thus : The lower jaw droops, apparently paralyzed 
from the commencement ; he can not swallow any 
liquid ; saliva constantly flows from his mouth ; 
the tongue often hangs from between the teeth ; he 
bites less than in the first form; still, as there are 
times when irritated that he may close his mouth, 
the danger from biting is the same. 

There are some popular errors which are correct- 
ed by the following statements, thus : Dogs may be- 
come mad at any season of the year. Female and 
altered dogs may become mad by communication, 
though the disease originates probably with entire 
animals. Mad dogs drink in all stages of the disease, 
if the soreness of throat, or paralysis of the jaws, or 
flow of saliva does not prevent them ; they have 
even been known to swim in water. Mad dogs do not 
always carry the tail between the legs, but otherwise, 
during the commencement of the disease ; it is, how- 
ever, common in many other diseases, and in all 
dogs when pursued or frightened. Mad dogs do 
not always run in a straight line, unless pursued ; 
they change their direction like other dogs, and run 
to objects which attract them. Other dogs do not 
avoid them, but if a stranger, it will be attacked by 
well dogs. Sound animals have no repugnance to 
the saliva of a mad dog, but will even eat meat 
which is covered with it. 

Treatment. — All the means hitherto discovered 
to arrest the disease have proved unreliable. Bel- 
ladonna and the Specific for Convulsions may do 



RABIES, CANINE MADNESS. 221 

something, and had best be administered in all 
doubtful cases ; but if an animal is indisputably ra- 
bid it should be killed at once. The excision of the 
gland or ligament under the tongue is only mutilat- 
ing the animal to no purpose. 

If a dog is suspected, has been bitten, or exposed 
to contagion, give him the Specific for Convulsions, 
A A, three or four drops, according to his size, three 
times per day, and inject a dose of the same medi- 
cine into the wound at the same time. Only a small 
proportion of the animals or persons bitten by an- 
imals supposed to be rabid ever become mad. 

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CHAPTER V. 
DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 

Small Pox. 

This disease is most common in puppies before 
the sixth month, and is most severe in hot weather, 
or when dogs are kept very warm. A very cold 
atmosphere prevents its coming to the surface, in 
which case the animal is likely to die from conges- 
tion. It is strictly contagious, and is communicated 
from one dog to another very readily. 

Symptoms. — First there is severe fever and per- 
ceptible oppression of the breath, after which the 
skin on the belly, groins, and between the fore-legs 
becomes red, and then covered with small, round 
pimples, distinct or clustered in groups. The pim- 
ples gradually increase until the fifth day, when the 
top of each contains a clear fluid, which by degrees 
becomes yellow, the tops of the pustule then become 
flat, and by degrees hollowed, and either break and 
discharge their contents, or dry and form scabs. 
These by degrees fall or are rubbed off, leaving the 
skin covered with brown spots or small sores, which 
remain, removing the hair and leaving the skin bare. 
When the pustules break, the breath and all the ex- 
cretions have a bad smell, and inflammation of the 
lungs is very apt to set in. 



VERMIN, LICE, MANGE. 223 

Treatment. — Keep the dog cool during the fever- 
ish stage in a well-aired room, but not by the fire ; 
thus the pock will be much less ; and give every 
three hours from two to five drops of the Specific 
for Fever, A A. 

After the feverish symptoms have abated, and the 
pock have come out, give from two to five drops, ac- 
cording to the size of the animal, of the Specific for 
Eruptions, 1 1, three or four times per day until 
the cure is complete. 

Vermin, Lice. 

Lice often cover the body of the dog, especially 
crowding upon his head, around the eyes and lips. 
There need be no fear of their presence, as they will 
not live upon the human being. 

Treatment. — Mayhew advises to place the dog in 
a room where grease is not of much moment, and to 
completely saturate him with castor oil, rubbing it 
well into the hair on every part. In this state he 
should be allowed to remain twelve hours, after 
which the oil should be removed with the yolk of 
eggs and water. A pint of oil will be required for 
a moderate-sized dog with long hair, and four times 
as much for a large Newfoundland dog. 

Mange. 
Mange is quite common in dogs, especially those 
that are over-fed, indolent, and have not particular 
attention paid them. It is induced by confinement 
in a close or dirty kennel, certain kinds of food, in- 
dolence, too much food and too little exercise, star- 
vation ; or it may be taken by a healthy dog from 
a mangy one, or transmitted from a mother to her 
puppies. 



224 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 

Symptoms. — It may be either dry or moist ; the 
skin is itchy ; the dog always rubbing himself, so 
that the skin is bare and red in different places ; 
along the back small, reddish pimples arise, which 
are afterwards covered with branny scales. In the 
moist form there is swelling, redness of the skin, and 
then secretion of thick puriform mucus, finally 
formation of matter and thick scabs. The dog be- 
comes thin, low-spirited, and finally dies, unless re- 
lieved. 

Treatment. — Give the Specific for Mange, 1 1, 
three or five drops, according to the size of the dog, 
night and morning. 

Apply the Arsenical Lotion (See Introductory Sec- 
tion) thoroughly night and morning. 



INDEX. 



Abortion in the cow, 170 

Abscess, , 19 

Advantages of Seating animals with Homoeopathy, .... v 

Alternation of Remedies, 11 

Animals very susceptible to Homoeopathy, v 

Air-passages, inflammation of, in the cow, 143 

" dog, 207 

" hog, 196 

" horse, 74 

'! sheep, 187 

" disease of the, 68 

Albugo, , 53 

Allopecia, or falling off of the hair, 21 

Amaurosis, 53 

Anasarca in the horse, 22 

Antichor, 22 

Aphtha?, 179 

Appetite, loss of, : 87 

Apoplexy, 57, 185 

Arnica Montana, viii 



220 INDEX. 

PAGE 

Arsenical Lotion, 22 

Ascites, ix 

Back-galled, 45 

Belly, dropsy of, in the horse, 22 

Biting crib, 86 

Bladder, inflammation of, in the dog, 202 

" " " cattle, 176 

" " " horse, 101 

Blain, or black tongue, 163 

Blast, 178 

Blindness from Amaurosis, 53 

" Cataract, 54 

Moon, 53 

" Opacity of the Cornea, 53 

" Specks on the " 53 

Bloody urine, 103 

Blown in the cow, 156 

" " sheep, 179 

Bots, 98 

Bound bowels in the dog, 212 

" horse, * 98 

Bowels, inflammation of, in the dog, 213 

" " hog, 197 

■* horse, 92 

" sheep, 180 

" looseness of, in the calf, 158 

" " cow, 157 

« « dog, 212 

hog, 198 

" " horse, 95 

Brain-fever in the hog, 194 

" " horse, 61 

Bran-poultice, - ix 

Broken wind, 72 



INDEX. 



227 



PAGE 

Bronchia, inflammation of, in the cow, 143 

" " " horse, 74 

Bronchitis in cattle, 143 

in the dog, 207 

" in the horse, 72 

Bruised wounds, 50 

Bull-burnt, 177 

Burns and scalds, 36 

Calendula Lotion, v iii 

Calf, casting the, 170 

" hoose in the, 141 

" skit in the, 158 

Calving, dropping after, 166 

" flooding after, 172 

Canker, 119 

Canker in the ear, 204 

Capped elbow, 38 

Capped hock, 38 

Carrot-poultice, ix 

Castration, 36 

Cataract, 54 

Care of sick animals, xv 

Catarrh in the cow, 141 

" dog, 207 

" " horse, 68 

" epidemic, 68 

Catarrhal fever, 69 

Cattle, diseases of, 130 

Chest, diseases of the, in cattle, 141 

" in the dog, 207 

" " . " horse, 68 

" sheep, 1S7 

founder " dog, -205 

" " " horse, 78 



223 INDEX. 

PAGE 

Chest, inflammation of the, in the dog, 208 

Chorea, 217 

clap, m 

Cleansing after calving, 172 

Cold, common, in the cow, 141 

dog, 207 

hog, 196 

" " horse, 68 

Colic in cattle, . . . t 154 

" in the dog, 211 

hog, 197 

" " horse, 89 

Contusions, 36 

Constipation in the dog, 212 

" " cattle, 155 

horse, 98 

Convulsions, 57 

Cornea, opacity of, 53 

Corns, Ill 

Choryza, -140 

Costiveness. (See Constipation.) 

Cough, in the cows, 142 

" " horse, 71 

Cows, diseases of. (See cattle.) 
Cracked heels. (See Grease.) 

Crib-biting, 86 

Cud, loss of, 154 

Curb, 39 

Cut, speedy, 46 

Cystiti. (See inflammation of the bladder.) 

Dance, St. Vitus, 217 

Dentition in the horse 84 

Diabetes, 104 

Diaphragm, spasm of the 71 



INDEX. 229 

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Diarrhea in the calf, 158 

" cattle 157 

dog, 212 

hog, ' 198 

" horse, 95 

sheep, 181 

Diet or feed of sick animals, xv 

Difficult teething in the horse, 84 

Digestion, disease of, in cattle, 154 

" disease in the dog, 210 

hog, 196 

" " horse, 84 

" " sheep, 179 

Distemper in the dog, 200 

" " horse, 124 

Docking, 40 

Diuresis, 104 

Doses, how much to give, ix 

Dropping after calving, 166 

Dropsy in the horse, 22 

Drum-belly, 91 

Dysentery in cattle, , 158 

" in the dog, 213 

" " horse,., 96 

" sheep, 181 

Ear, canker in the, 204 

" inflammation of, 204 

Elbow, capped, 38 

Enteritis in the dog, 213 

" • " hog, 197 

" " horse, 92 

" " sheep, 180 

Epidemic Catarrh in the horse, 68 

Epilepsy, in cattle, 137 

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230 INDEX. 

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Epilepsy in the dog, 216 

" " horse, 58 

Epizotic, vesicular 132 

Evil, Poll, .' 20 

Evil, quarter, 130 

Eye, cataract in the, 54 

" curious mechanism of, . 56 

" diseases of, in the horse, 53 

" inflammation in cattle, 136 

M " in the dog, 203 

" in the horse, 53 

** opacity of, 53 

" specks in the, 53 

Exanthemes, 22 

Face, palsy of, 61 

Farcy, 125 

Feet, diseases of, in the horse, 106 

" fever in the, 106 

" inflammation in the, 106 

" sore, 206 

Fever, in cattle, 130 

" in the horse, 122 

" idiopathic, 122 

" symptomatic, . . . . 123 

" brain, in the hog, 194 

" " " horse, 61 

" in the feet, 106 

" milk in cows, 167 

Fistulas, 24 

Fistulous withers, 40 

Fits in cattle, 137 

Fits " dog, 215 

" " horse, 59 

" " sheep, 182,185 



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Flesh wounds. (See wounds.) 

Flooding after calving, 172 

Foot, diseases of, in the horse, 106 

in the sheep, 188 

" foul in the, in cattle, 138 

" " " in sheep, 188 

" prick in the, 113 

Founder in sheep, 189 

" in the horse, 106 

" " chest, in the dog, 205 

Fractures, 41, 205 

Frenzy in the hog, 194 

Fungus, 28 

Galled Back, or saddle-galls, 45 

Garget, in cows, 174 

Gid, in sheep, 182 

Glanders, 125 

Gleet. (See Gonorrhea.) 

Gleet, nasal, s 77 

Gloss, Anthrax, or black tongue, 163 

Gonorrhea, 177, 202 

Grease, or scratches, 26 

Gripes. (See Colic.) 
Grubs. (See Bots.) 

Gutta Serena, 53 

Haw, curious mechanism of, 56 

Haunch, strain of the, 48 

Hematuria, 103 

Head, congestion to the, in the horse, 60 

Hemorrhagica purpura, 129 

Heels, cracked. (See Grease.) 

Hepatitis, in the dog, , 214 

in cattle, 162 



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Hepatitis in the horse, 97 

Heaves, 72 

Hidebound, in the cow, 139 

" f horse, ; 28 

Hock, cupped, 38 

Hog, diseases of the, 194 

Homoeopathic medicines, form of, ix 

Hoose, in the calf, 141 

" " cow, 141 

Hoove in cattle, 156 

sheep, 179 

Horse, diseases of the, 19 

Hydatids in sheep, 182 

Induration of the skin, 28 

Indigestion, 87 

Inflammation of the air-passages in the cow, 143 

« « » " dog, 208 

» " " il hog, 196 

" » " " horse, 74-75 

" " " " sheep, 187 

bladder " dog, 222 

" « " cattle, 176 

" " « " horse, 101 

" '" bowels " dog, 213 

« " " « hog, 197 

11 " " " horse, 92 

« " " " sheep, 180 

brain " hog 195 

" " " " horse, 61 

" " " " sheep, 186 

u " bronchial tubes, " cow, 143 

«• " " " horse, 74 

" " chest " cow, 145 

" " " " dog, 208 



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Inflammation of the chest in the hog,, 196 

' " horse, 78 

" " " " sheep, 181 

eye " cows, 136 

" dog, 203 

horse, 53 

" " feet " « 106 

" kidneys " " ... 101 and 111 

11 " larnyx " " 75 

liver, " dog, 213 

11 " " cattle, 162 

" lungs " cattle, 145, 14$ 

dog, 208 

hog, 196 

horse, 78 

sheep, 187 

" " lymphatics, 127 

" " peritoneum, 94 

" pleura in the cow, 144 

" horse, 78 

" spleen, 164 

11 udder in the cow, 174 

Influenza in the horse, 68 

Introduction, iv 

Injuries, 36 

Injections, sv j 

Irregular teeth, 84 

" in cattle, 160 

Jaundice in the dog, 214 

" u horse, 97 

" " cattle, 160 

Jaw, lock. (See Tetanus.) 

Joint, Murrain, 130 

Kennel Lameness, 205 

Kidneys, inflammation of, 101 

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234 INDEX. 

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Laminitis, # . 106 

Lampas, 85 

Larynx, inflammation of, in the horse, 75 

Legs, diseases of " " 107 

Lice, 35, 223 

Lights. (See Lungs.) 

Liver, inflammation of, in the dog, 214 

Liver, disease of, in the horse, 97 

Lockjaw, or Tetanus, 63 

Looseness of the Bowels. (See Diarrhea.) 
Loin-bound. (See Eheumatism.) 

Loins, strain of the, 47 

Loss of Appetite, 87 

Lo3s of the cud, 154 

Lotions, how to prepare them, viii 

Lumbago, 134 

Lungs, disease of, cattle, 

Lung, Inflammation of, in cattle, 145 

" " the hog, 194 

" " the horse, 78 

" " the sheep, 187 

Lymphatics, 127 

Madness. (See Rabies.) 

Mad Staggers, 61 

Malanders, 31 

Mange in cattle, 138 

" " the dog, 222 

" " the hog, 199 

" " the horse, 29 

" " the sheep, 192 

Measles, ' 198 

Medicines, List of, vi 

Megrims, 58 

Midriff, Spasm of, 71 



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PAGE 

Milk-Fever in the cow, 167 

Moon Blindness, 53 

Murrain, Lung. 147 

Navicular Joint, disease of, 108 

Nasal gleet, ■ 77 

Nephritis, 101, 176 

Nervous System, diseases of, in the dog, 216 

" u " horse, 53 

" " " sheep, 185 

Nose, discbarge from the, 207 

running from the, . .. 207 



Ointment, Sulphur, directions for making, viii 

Opacity of the Cornea, 53 

Ophthalmia in cattle, 136 

the dog, 203 

the horse, 53 

Other Medicines not to be taken, xvi 

Over-reach, 118 

Ozena, 207 

Palsy. (See Paralysis.) 

Paralysis in cattle, 217 

" thedog, 217 

" the horse, 61 

Peritoneum, inflammation of, 94 

Pharyngitis, 141 

Phrenitis, . 61 

Pig, diseases of. (See Hog.) 

Pleura, inflammation of, in the cow, 144 

" " " dog, 208 

" " ' " horse, 78 

Pleurisy. (See Pleura, inflammation of.) 



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Pleuropneumonia, or Lung Murrain in cattle, 141 

" history of, 141 

" causes of, « 148 

" symptoms and stages, 149 

" treatment of, 152 

" success of treatment, 148 

" in the horse, 18 

" symptoms and treatment, 19-83 

Pneumonia in cattle, 145 

" the dog, 208 

the hog, 196 

" the sheep, 181 

Poll-evil, 20 

Pond's Extract, viii 

Poutices, ix 

Poch in sheep, 190 

Pox, Small 221 

Prick in the foot, 113 

Puerperal Fever, 166 

Pulmonary Murrain, , 141 

Pulse, directions for feeling, xvii 

Purging in the hog 198 

" horse, 95 

" sheep, 181 

Purpura Hemorrhagica, 129 

Quarter Evil, 130 

Quinsy, 195 

Quittor, 112 

Rabies, 218 

Red Colic. (See Dysentery.) 

Red Water, 114 

Remedy, how to choose, xii 

" give, xiii 

Repetitions, how often, x 



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Remedies, alternation of, xi 

Retention of urine, 103 

Rheumatism in the cow, 134 

" back of cattle, 135 

horse, 121 

Ringbone, v Hf 

Roaring. (See Heaves.) 

Rot Foot in the cow, 138 

" " sheep, 183 

Rot in sheep, 192 

Saddle-galls, 45 

St. Vitus Dance, 211 

Salanders, 31 

Salivation, 210 

Scab in sheep, 190 

Sand Crack, 1 10 

Scanty urine in horses, 104 

cattle, 116 

Scouring in cattle, 15t 

" the horse, 95 

Sheep, diseases of the, 1*79 

Shoulder, sprain of the, 4? 

Sitfast, 45 

Skin, diseases of, in the dog, 227 

" " horse, 19 

Skit in the calf, 158 

Slinking of cows, 170 

Small-pox, 221 

Sniffles, 196 

Sore feet 206 

" teats, | 373 

" throat in the cow, 141 

" " horse, 76 

Spasms, 57 



238 INDEX. 

PAGE 

Spasm of the diaphragm, .' 71 

Speedy cut, 46 

Spavin, 114 

Specific, how to give it, xiii 

Specks in the eye, 53 

Specific Kemedies List of, vi 

Spleen, Inflammation of, ? 164 

Sprains, 44 

Sprains of the fetlock, 45 

Splint, 116 

Spring-halt, 115 

Sprain of the back, tendons, 47 

" shoulder, 47 

Staggers, mad, 61 

" in sheep, 182 

" stomach, 88 

Stale, inability to, 103, 176 

Staling too profuse, 104 

Stifle, 43 

Strains, 46 

Stings of bee or insects, 49 

Strangles, 124 

" in the hog, 195 

Sturdy, 182 

Swine, diseases of, 194 

Sulphur, Ointment of, viii 

Surfeit, - 32 

Symptomatic fever in the horse, 123 

Swellings, 33 

Swelled legs in the horse, 30 

Swelling of the teats in the mare, 32 

Sweating, 32 

Teats, sore, 113 

Teeth, diseases of, in the dog, 210 

" " horse, 84 

" irregular, 84 



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Teething difficult, : 84 

Tendons, sprain of the back, 47 

Tetanus, or Lockjaw, 63 

Tetters, 32 

Thrush, 118 

Tumors, 33 

Throat, Sore, in cattle, 141 

" horses, 76 

Thrush in the horse, 119 

" sheep, 188 

Tread. (See Over-reach,). ..." 118 

Turnip Poultices, directions for, ix 

Turnsick, 182 

Tympanitis, or drum-belly, 91 

Udder, inflammation of, in the cow, 174 

Ulcers, 19 

Urine, bloody 103 

" retention of, 103,176 

" scanty, 104,176 

Urinary Organs, diseases of, in the cow, 166 

" " " horse, 101 

Varices, • 50 

Vermin, 35, 223 

Vesicular Epizotic, 132 

Vertigo, 59 

Warbles, 45 

Water, red, : 174 

Warts, 35 

Weed, 127 

Wind-broken, •. 72 

" galls, 114 

" thick, 72 

" colic. (See Colic.) 



240 INDEX. 

PAGE 

"Withers, fistulous, 40 

Worms in the dog, 214 

11 horse, 98 

Wounds, 50 

" bruised, 50 

" fever from, 50 

" flesh, 50 

Yellows, 160 



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